SB2021011510 - Infinite loop in podofo (Alpine package)
Published: January 15, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021011510
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8053)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF file in PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadDocumentStructure (PdfParser.cpp).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.