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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6915-1
July 24, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

poppler could be made to denial of service if it opened a specially crafted PDF.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF.
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 24.04 LTS
  libpoppler134                   24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
  poppler-utils                   24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libpoppler118                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5
  poppler-utils                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6915-1
  CVE-2024-6239

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5