usn-4646-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-11-26 18:10
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
poppler regression
Details

USN-4646-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The fix for CVE-2019-10871 introduced a regression causing certain applications linked against poppler to fail. This update backs out the fix pending further investigation.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-4646-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The fix for CVE-2019-10871\nintroduced a regression causing certain applications linked against poppler\nto fail. This update backs out the fix pending further investigation.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user\n or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an\n attacker could cause a denial of service.\n",
  "id": "USN-4646-2",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:58Z",
  "published": "2020-11-26T18:10:34Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4646-2"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1905741"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "poppler regression",
  "upstream": []
}



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