Bug 1656191 (CVE-2018-19532)

Summary:	CVE-2018-19532 podofo: NULL pointer dereference in PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dan, manisandro
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-12-04 22:09:51 UTC

An issue was found in PoDoFo 0.9.6. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the function PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp while creating the PdfXObject, as demonstrated by podofoimpose. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. 


References: 
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/32/ 
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-pdftranslatorsettarget-podofo-0-9-6/

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-12-04 22:10:50 UTC

Created podofo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1656193]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1656194]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:43:35 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.