USN-4091-1: poppler vulnerability

USN-4091-1: poppler vulnerability

poppler vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF.

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04

libpoppler85 – 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.3

poppler-utils – 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libpoppler73 – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10

poppler-utils – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10

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-2019-14494

Source: USN-4091-1: poppler vulnerability