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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-16646): poppler regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-16646): poppler regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/06/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/12/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler44
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler58
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler73
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler79
  • ubuntu-upgrade-poppler-utils

References

  • USN-3837-1
  • USN-3837-2
  • CVE-2018-16646

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