poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF file.
Hosein Askari discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of service.
29 August 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF file.
Hosein Askari discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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