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Update Summary

USN-8950-1 addresses a poppler vulnerability in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS that could allow denial of service through specially crafted encrypted PDF files.

Update Details

Security

  • poppler incorrectly handled password length limits when decrypting certain encrypted PDF files, potentially allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Hints

  • A standard system update applies the necessary fixes.
  • For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy), update libpoppler118 to version 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15.

Product Information

Vendor: Canonical

Product: Ubuntu Server

Product type: Software

Application category: Utilities

Platform: Linux

Variant: 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Version: 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15

Vendor information published: Oct 21, 2026

Original release notes: View on vendor site

Published on updatealert.io: Oct 22, 2026

Description: Server operating system for Linux infrastructure and workloads.