USN-7213-1: poppler vulnerability

Publication date

16 January 2025

Overview

poppler could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when opening
certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
denial of service or obtain sensitive information.

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when opening
certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
denial of service or obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular libpoppler140 –  24.08.0-1ubuntu0.1
poppler-utils –  24.08.0-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 noble libpoppler134 –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2
poppler-utils –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2
22.04 jammy libpoppler118 –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6
poppler-utils –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6
20.04 focal libpoppler97 –  0.86.1-0ubuntu1.5
poppler-utils –  0.86.1-0ubuntu1.5
18.04 bionic libpoppler73 –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm4  
poppler-utils –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm4  
16.04 xenial libpoppler58 –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm5  
poppler-utils –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm5  

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