Multiple vulnerabilities in GDAL

Published: 2020-02-07

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	N/A
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-476
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	GDAL Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor	gdal.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU25046

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in PDF driver component in GDAL. A remote attacker can trigger excessive memory consumption, which can lead to a denial of service condition.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GDAL: 3.0.0 - 3.0.3

External links

http://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.0.4/gdal/NEWS

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.

2) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU25045