Vulnerability CVE-2019-9589

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-9589 (CCN-158221)

Assigned:

2019-02-27

Published:

2019-02-27

Updated:

2019-03-06

Summary:

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in PSOutputDev::setupResources() located in PSOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.01. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdftops binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-476

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-9589

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-cve20199589-dos(158221)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41262

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-function-psoutputdevsetupresources-xpdf-4-01/

Source: CCN
Type: Loginsoft Web site
CVE-2019-9589: NULL POINTER DEREFERENCE Vulnerability in function PSOutputDev::setupResources( ) xpdf-4.01

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2019-9589

Source: CCN
Type: Xpdf Web site
Xpdf

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201995890000000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20199589000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201995890000000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20199589000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201995890000000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20199589000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201995890000000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2019-03-06
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20199589000	V	CVE-2019-9589 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2019-03-06

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