SB2018021103 - Denial of service in xpdf
Published: February 11, 2018 Updated: July 29, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021103
Severity
Low
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-2018-7173)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function due to improper decoding operations. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger infinite loop and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.