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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6915-1
July 24, 2024

poppler vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

poppler could be made to denial of service if it opened a specially crafted PDF.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libpoppler134                   24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
  poppler-utils                   24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libpoppler118                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5
  poppler-utils                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6915-1
  CVE-2024-6239

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 6915-1: poppler Security Advisory Updates

July 24, 2024
poppler could be made to denial of service if it opened a specially crafted PDF.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: poppler could be made to denial of service if it opened a specially crafted PDF. Software Description: - poppler: PDF rendering library Details: It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libpoppler134 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1 poppler-utils 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libpoppler118 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5 poppler-utils 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6915-1

CVE-2024-6239

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6915-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5

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