Bug 2087190 (CVE-2022-27337)

Summary: CVE-2022-27337 poppler: A logic error in the Hints::Hints function can cause denial of service
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Patrick Del Bello <pdelbell>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: caillon+fedoraproject, feborges, gnome-sig, manisandro, mclasen, mkasik, rdieter, rhughes, rstrode, sandmann
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: poppler 22.04.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A logic error was found in Popplers' Hints::Hints function in the Hints.cc file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDf file into the pdftops utility, which causes the program to hang for a long time, leading to a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2090965, 2090966, 2090969, 2090970    
Bug Blocks: 2087191    

Description Patrick Del Bello 2022-05-17 14:27:18 UTC
A logic error in the Hints::Hints function of Poppler v22.03.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2022-05-27 06:23:43 UTC
Created mingw-poppler tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2090966]


Created poppler tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2090965]

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 09:47:06 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7594 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7594

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 10:29:17 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8151 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8151

Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-06 08:34:52 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-27337