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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-9959: Security patch for poppler (ALAS-2020-1481)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-9959: Security patch for poppler (ALAS-2020-1481)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/22/2019
Created
08/26/2020
Added
08/25/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-cpp
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-cpp-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-demos
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-glib
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-glib-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-qt
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-qt-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-poppler-utils

References

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