SB2021011523 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in podofo (Alpine package)
Published: January 15, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021011523
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) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5296)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.