Resource exhaustion in qpdf (Alpine package)
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2017-11624 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 CWE-835 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
qpdf (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU12619
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11624
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral function in QPDFTokenizer.cc due to infinite loop after two consecutive calls to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInterna. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger stack consumption and cause the service to crash.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsqpdf (Alpine package): 6.0.0-r0
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=303a63f5d413b1969525b169179c0d6a0ebcc84a
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2ab0a5a191e97cad95730c6c389c28841a54620c
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
