CVE-2013-1789

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2013-01-10
Bugzilla:
917109: CVE-2013-1789 poppler: Multiple null pointer de-references in the Poppler splash backend

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

splash/Splash.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to the (1) Splash::arbitraryTransformMask, (2) Splash::blitMask, and (3) Splash::scaleMaskYuXu functions.

Find out more about CVE-2013-1789 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Not affected

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