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Red Hat: CVE-2024-6239: poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-6239: poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/21/2024
Created
09/14/2024
Added
09/13/2024
Modified
11/13/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-poppler
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-cpp
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-cpp-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-cpp-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt5
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt5-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt5-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-utils
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-utils-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2024-6239
  • RHSA-2024:5305
  • RHSA-2024:9167

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