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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6508-1
November 23, 2023

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

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23804)

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-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051,
CVE-2022-37052, CVE-2022-38349)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  libpoppler118                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3
  poppler-utils                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libpoppler97                    0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4
  poppler-utils                   0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libpoppler73                    0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2
  poppler-utils                   0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libpoppler58                    0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4
  poppler-utils                   0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6508-1
  CVE-2020-23804, CVE-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051, CVE-2022-37052,
  CVE-2022-38349

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 6508-1: poppler vulnerabilities

November 23, 2023
Several security issues were fixed in poppler.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23804) 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-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051, CVE-2022-37052, CVE-2022-38349)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libpoppler118 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3 poppler-utils 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libpoppler97 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 poppler-utils 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4 poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6508-1

CVE-2020-23804, CVE-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051, CVE-2022-37052,

CVE-2022-38349

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6508-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4

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