Bug 1687388 (CVE-2019-9588)

Summary:	CVE-2019-9588 xpdf: invalid memory access in function gAtomicIncrement() in GMutex.h
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	pertusus, tcallawa
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-11 12:35:48 UTC

There is an Invalid memory access in gAtomicIncrement() located at GMutex.h in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References:
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41261
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/invalid-memory-access-in-gatomiccounter-gatomicincrement-xpdf-4-01/

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-11 12:48:21 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1687398]

Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-11 12:48:57 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1687400]

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:50:18 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.