USN-3837-2

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    USN-3837-2

    Published: 11 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: poppler regression

    Details: USN-3837-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. A regression was reported regarding the previous update. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-16646) It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-19149)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3837-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16646, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19149

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14

    Affected versions

    0.24.1-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu2
    0.24.3-0ubuntu3
    0.24.3-0ubuntu4
    0.24.3-0ubuntu5
    0.24.3-0ubuntu6
    0.24.3-0ubuntu7
    0.24.3-0ubuntu8
    0.24.3-0ubuntu10
    0.24.3-0ubuntu12
    0.24.5-0ubuntu3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.13

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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