SRU: Evince crashes after opening certain PDF file (due to poppler)

[mschaeffler]

[ Impact ]

Some apps (which use Poppler) crash when loading some pdf files.

[ Test case ]

 * Open these files with Evince:
   - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1072129/+attachment/3415595/+files/3898071.pdf
   - http://asiancentury.dpmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/white-paper/australia-in-the-asian-century-white-paper.pdf
   - http://pgfplots.sourceforge.net/pgfplots.pdf (pages 102 and 129)
   After a few seconds, Evince will crash

[ Regression Potential ]

 * The new proposed version contains a patch from Git upstream repository. It is also available in the 0.21.1 version. According to Poppler devs, it should have any regression:
   - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=ae8fc0cbfc6123189e17b3cf1286e0540f181646
   - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56463

[ Other Info ]

 * These BZR branches should fix this bug:
   - lp:~matttbe/ubuntu/raring/poppler/lp1072129
   - lp:~matttbe/ubuntu/quantal/poppler/lp1072129
 * You can easily test the new version by using these packages:
   - Ubuntu Raring 13.04: https://launchpad.net/~matttbe/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/2781218/+listing-archive-extra
   - Ubuntu Quantal 12.10: https://launchpad.net/~matttbe/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/2781220/+listing-archive-extra

[ Original bug report ]

evince crashes after opening the attached PDF file.

This is printed on the console:

evince:2460): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_error_trap_pop_internal: assertion `trap != NULL' failed
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evince: GfxState.cc:4159: void GfxGouraudTriangleShading::getTriangle(int, double*, double*, GfxColor*, double*, double*, GfxColor*, double*, double*, GfxColor*): Zusicherung »!isParameterized()« nicht erfüllt.
Abgebrochen

[mschaeffler (mschaeffler)]

This is happening on Ubuntu 12.10 with evince version 3.6.0

[Sam L. (somethinginteres)]

I can confirm this bug is occurring on 12.10 with evince 3.6.0. Marked as "Confirmed".

Another file that results in the crash can be found at http://asiancentury.dpmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/white-paper/australia-in-the-asian-century-white-paper.pdf

Terminal output:

 >> evince australia-in-the-asian-century-white-paper.pdf

evince: GfxState.cc:4159: void GfxGouraudTriangleShading::getTriangle(int, double*, double*, GfxColor*, double*, double*, GfxColor*, double*, double*, GfxColor*): Assertion `!isParameterized()' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

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Devs, please let me know if I can provide further information.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

It seems this bug is due to Poppler: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56463

And this patch should fix this bug: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=ae8fc0cbfc6123189e17b3cf1286e0540f181646

Is it possible to confirm that this new patched version available on my ppa:matttbe/ppa fixes this bug? :)
  * Ubuntu Raring 13.04: https://launchpad.net/~matttbe/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/2781218/+listing-archive-extra
  * Ubuntu Quantal 12.10: https://launchpad.net/~matttbe/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/2781220/+listing-archive-extra

[mschaeffler (mschaeffler)]

With this PPA Evince does no longer crash.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package poppler - 0.20.4-0ubuntu2

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poppler (0.20.4-0ubuntu2) raring; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/git_gouraud_shading_support.patch: (LP: #1072129)
    - Evince crashes after opening certain PDF file because parameterized
      Gouraud shading is not supported.
 -- Matthieu Baerts (matttbe) <email address hidden> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:51:12 +0100

[mschaeffler (mschaeffler)]

)I have seen that the bug is fixed for raring, but what is with quantal?

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

@mschaeffler: Ubuntu-SRU team has to accept this new version. Feel free to contact members of this team on IRC to give more details about this bug ;)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello mschaeffler, or anyone else affected,

Accepted poppler into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.20.4-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[mschaeffler (mschaeffler)]

I tested the version 0.20.4-ubuntu1.1_amd64.
Now the issue is solved and I can open the PDF file.

[Ilya Barygin (randomaction)]

Comfirming the fix for i386.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package poppler - 0.20.4-0ubuntu1.1

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poppler (0.20.4-0ubuntu1.1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/git_gouraud_shading_support.patch: (LP: #1072129)
    - Evince crashes after opening certain PDF file because parameterized
      Gouraud shading is not supported.
 -- Matthieu Baerts (matttbe) <email address hidden> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:53:36 +0100