SB2017092513 - Fedora 27 update for poppler 



SB2017092513 - Fedora 27 update for poppler

Published: September 25, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017092513
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14520)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14929)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to infinite loop in a call to Object::dictLookup() in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opFill, Gfx::doPatternFill, Gfx::doTilingPatternFill and Gfx::drawForm calls. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.