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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-9200: Security patch for poppler (ALAS-2019-1271)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-9200: Security patch for poppler (ALAS-2019-1271)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/26/2019
Created
08/30/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
08/25/2020

Description

A heap-based buffer underwrite exists in ImageStream::getLine() located at Stream.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the pdfimages binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-poppler

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