USN-5606-2

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    USN-5606-2

    Published: 14 Sept 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: poppler regression

    Details: USN-5606-1 fixed a vulnerability in poppler. Unfortunately it was missing a commit to fix it properly. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5606-2, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1989515

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16+esm2

    Affected versions

    0.33.0-0ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High