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
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/2CyBK1g