SB2018052824 - Fedora 28 update for poppler 



SB2018052824 - Fedora 28 update for poppler

Published: May 28, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018052824
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Uncontrolled recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18267)

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

The weakness exists in the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc due to infinite recursion. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.