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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20481: CVE-2018-20481 poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20481: CVE-2018-20481 poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/26/2018
Created
08/08/2019
Added
08/07/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-evince
  • redhat-upgrade-evince-browser-plugin
  • redhat-upgrade-evince-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-evince-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-evince-dvi
  • redhat-upgrade-evince-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-evince-nautilus
  • redhat-upgrade-okular
  • redhat-upgrade-okular-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-okular-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-okular-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-okular-part
  • 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-demos
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-glib-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt5
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt5-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-qt5-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-utils
  • redhat-upgrade-poppler-utils-debuginfo

References

  • 106321
  • CVE-2018-20481
  • RHSA-2019:2022
  • RHSA-2019:2713

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