USN-7426-2: poppler vulnerabilities

9 April 2025

poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted PDF file.

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USN-7426-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when opening
certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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