SB2021011511 - Infinite loop in podofo (Alpine package)
Published: January 15, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021011511
CSH Severity
Medium
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 vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8054)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The function PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray in PdfPageTree.cpp:464 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.