Improper Input Validation Affecting poppler-cpp package, versions <0:0.26.5-38.19.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.26% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POPPLERCPP-1719141
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Jan 2019

Introduced: 3 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 poppler-cpp to version 0:0.26.5-38.19.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1271.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-cpp package and not the poppler-cpp package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by crafting a PDF file in which an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing.

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CVSS Base Scores

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