SB2013120318 - Input validation error in poppler (Alpine package)
Published: December 3, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013120318
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4474)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Format string vulnerability in the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc in poppler before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a destination filename.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.