SB2017081042 - Fedora 25 update for cups-filters, qpdf
Published: August 10, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017081042
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
3
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9208)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
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 in releaseResolved functions due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF document, trigger stack consumption and cause the service to crash, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9209)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
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 in QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF document, trigger stack consumption and cause the service to crash, aka qpdf-infiniteloop2.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9210)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
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 in unparse functions due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF document, trigger stack consumption and cause the service to crash, aka qpdf-infiniteloop3.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.