SB2019111351 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Published: November 13, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019111351
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4653)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An integer overflow condition in poppler before 0.16.3 can occur when parsing CharCodes for fonts.
2) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4654)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
poppler before 0.16.3 has malformed commands that may cause corruption of the internal stack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-03.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45948
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4653
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4653
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4653
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4654
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4654
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4654