Summary
USN-4646-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The fix for CVE-2019-10871
introduced a regression causing certain applications linked against poppler
to fail. This update backs out the fix pending further investigation.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | poppler | 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | poppler | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12 |
References
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report
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1905741