Bug 1728462 (CVE-2019-13288) - CVE-2019-13288 xpdf: denial of service in function Parser::getObj() in Parser.cc
Summary: CVE-2019-13288 xpdf: denial of service in function Parser::getObj() in Parser.cc
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2019-13288
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1728463 1728464
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-07-10 03:38 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2019-09-29 15:16 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-07-12 13:08:43 UTC
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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.
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