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SUSE: CVE-2019-9959: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-9959: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/22/2019
Created
02/10/2022
Added
12/02/2021
Modified
12/02/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-cpp0
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-glib-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-glib8
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler73
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler73-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-poppler-tools
  • suse-upgrade-typelib-1_0-poppler-0_18

References

  • SUSE-SU-2021:3854-1
  • CVE-2019-9959
  • USN-4646-1

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