USN-3865-1: poppler vulnerabilities

USN-3865-1: poppler vulnerabilities

poppler vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in poppler.

Software Description

• poppler – PDF rendering library

Details

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-20481, CVE-2018-20650)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

libpoppler79 – 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.4

poppler-utils – 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libpoppler73 – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6

poppler-utils – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libpoppler58 – 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11

poppler-utils – 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libpoppler44 – 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15

poppler-utils – 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2018-20481
• CVE-2018-20650

Source: USN-3865-1: poppler vulnerabilities