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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16646: Moderate: poppler security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:2022)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16646: Moderate: poppler security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:2022)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/06/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-evince
  • centos-upgrade-evince-browser-plugin
  • centos-upgrade-evince-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-evince-devel
  • centos-upgrade-evince-dvi
  • centos-upgrade-evince-libs
  • centos-upgrade-evince-nautilus
  • centos-upgrade-okular
  • centos-upgrade-okular-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-okular-devel
  • centos-upgrade-okular-libs
  • centos-upgrade-okular-part
  • centos-upgrade-poppler
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-cpp
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-cpp-devel
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-demos
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-devel
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-glib
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-glib-devel
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-qt
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-qt-devel
  • centos-upgrade-poppler-utils

References

  • CVE-2018-16646
  • RHSA-2019:2022

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