Summary
Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.
Security Fix(es):
* poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter (CVE-2024-6239)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 10
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-cpp | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-cpp-devel | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-devel | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-glib | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-glib-devel | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-glib-doc | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-qt5 | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-qt5-devel | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | poppler-utils | 21.01.0-21.el9 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5
Poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter
A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service.