Bug 1728462 (CVE-2019-13288)

Summary:	CVE-2019-13288 xpdf: denial of service in function Parser::getObj() in Parser.cc
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	pertusus, tcallawa
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-10 03:38:03 UTC

In Xpdf 4.01.01, 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. This is similar to CVE-2018-16646.

Reference:
https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/stack-overflow_dos_Parser__getObj

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-10 03:38:21 UTC

Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1728464]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1728463]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-07-12 13:08:43 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.