USN-4646-2

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4646-2
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4646-2.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4646-2
Related
Published
2020-11-26T18:10:34.518701Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:17Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16

Affected versions

0.*

0.33.0-0ubuntu3
0.37.0-0ubuntu1
0.38.0-0ubuntu1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.3
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.5
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.9
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.13
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler58"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12

Affected versions

0.*

0.57.0-2ubuntu4
0.57.0-2ubuntu5
0.62.0-1ubuntu1
0.62.0-2ubuntu1
0.62.0-2ubuntu2
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.4
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.8
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0v5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler73"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}