[USN-5606-1] poppler vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5606-1
September 12, 2022

poppler vulnerability
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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
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

poppler could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if
received a specially crafted PDF.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

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

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  libpoppler118                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.1
  poppler-utils                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libpoppler97                    0.86.1-0ubuntu1.1
  poppler-utils                   0.86.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libpoppler73                    0.62.0-2ubuntu2.13
  poppler-utils                   0.62.0-2ubuntu2.13

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libpoppler58                    0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm1
  poppler-utils                   0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5606-1
  CVE-2022-38784

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.86.1-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.13
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