SB2019040911 - Denial of service in Poppler
Published: April 9, 2019 Updated: August 1, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019040911
Severity
Low
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) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11026)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in FontInfoScanner::scanFonts() function in FontInfo.cc. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/752
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T5JWQE2WP4W4F2FEYPYJQBPQIOG75MVH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGYLZZ4DZUDBQEGCNDWSZPSFNNZJF4S6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWWVIYFXM74KJFIDHP4W67HR4FRF2LDE/
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/1508/