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Alma Linux: CVE-2024-6239: Moderate: poppler security update (ALSA-2024-5305)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2024-6239: Moderate: poppler security update (ALSA-2024-5305)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/21/2024
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

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)

  • alma-upgrade-poppler
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-cpp
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-cpp-devel
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-devel
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-glib
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-glib-devel
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-glib-doc
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-qt5
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-qt5-devel
  • alma-upgrade-poppler-utils

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