Bug 1687388 (CVE-2019-9588) - CVE-2019-9588 xpdf: invalid memory access in function gAtomicIncrement() in GMutex.h
Summary: CVE-2019-9588 xpdf: invalid memory access in function gAtomicIncrement() in ...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2019-9588
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1687398 1687400
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-03-11 12:35 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2019-09-29 15:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:50:18 UTC
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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.
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