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Advisory severityHigh7.5Vendor: MediumRed Hat Linux

High [CVE-2024-6239] Poppler: pdfinfo: crash in broken documents when using -dests parameter

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-6239 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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CVE-2024-6239 Source published Source updated

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CVE-2024-6239
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source advisory

Summary

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. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-20. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2024:5305, RHSA-2024:9167.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: poppler; Red Hat package: compat-poppler022.

Is CVE-2024-6239 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2024-6239 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6239?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • poppler-0:20.11.0-12.el8_10
  • poppler-0:21.01.0-21.el9
  • RHSA-2024:5305
  • RHSA-2024:9167

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • poppler-0:20.11.0-12.el8_10
  • poppler-0:21.01.0-21.el9
  • RHSA-2024:5305
  • RHSA-2024:9167

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: poppler-0:20.11.0-12.el8_10, poppler-0:21.01.0-21.el9, RHSA-2024:5305, RHSA-2024:9167. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here. Review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 days ago·verify at source

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