SB2017071007 - Fedora 26 update for poppler
Published: July 10, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017071007
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9406)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to memory leak in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc when handling malicious content. A remote attacker can send specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9408)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to memory leak in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc when handling malicious content. A remote attacker can send specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.