Resource exhaustion in GDAL - #VU25046
Published: February 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25046
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
GDAL
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
GDAL - update to 3.0.4