Ubuntu Security Update USN-4646-2: poppler regression

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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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