Bug 2293594 (CVE-2024-6239)

Summary: CVE-2024-6239 poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter
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Fixed In Version: poppler 24.06.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2293595, 2293596    
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Description TEJ RATHI 2024-06-21 04:41:42 UTC
A vulnerability in Poppler's `pdfinfo` causes the program to crash when processing certain malformed input files. A denial of service by crashing the `pdfinfo` program. 

*Component affected:*
Poppler's `pdfinfo` utility.

*Version affected:*
<= 24.06.0 

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1489
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/0554731052d1a97745cb179ab0d45620589dd9c4

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2024-06-21 04:44:37 UTC
Created mingw-poppler tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2293595]


Created poppler tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2293596]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2024-08-13 15:27:09 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:5305 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5305

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:01:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:9167 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9167