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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-6299-1 Critical: Poppler Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities addressed in poppler, impacting different Ubuntu versions. Urgent upgrade advised to ensure security.
Several security issues were fixed in poppler.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in poppler.

Software Description:

- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF

files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a

specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36023, CVE-2020-36024)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue Ubuntu poppler

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libpoppler97                    0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libpoppler73                    0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libpoppler58                    0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6299-1

  CVE-2020-36023, CVE-2020-36024

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6299-1

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security advisory denial of service security issue Ubuntu poppler

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3

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