SB2020020719 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GDAL

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SB2020020719 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GDAL

Published: February 7, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020020719
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: N/A)

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.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: N/A)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing files within the PDF driver component in GDAL. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application, trigger NULL pointer dereference and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References