SB2019040218 - Gentoo update for Poppler
Published: April 2, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019040218
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19149)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in _poppler_attachment_new when called from poppler_annot_file_attachment_get_attachment. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.