Upstream information

CVE-2019-9877 at MITRE

Description

There is an invalid memory access vulnerability in the function TextPage::findGaps() located at TextOutputDev.c in Xpdf 4.01, which can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1130417 [RESOLVED / INVALID], 1154829 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 xpdf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS xpdf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS xpdf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 xpdf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS xpdf Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 21 07:08:41 2019
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 15:39:02 2024