Infinite loop in Poppler - CVE-2020-36023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79769

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36023

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the server, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Poppler
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
libpoppler73 (Ubuntu package)
libpoppler58 (Ubuntu package)
libpoppler44
libpoppler44-debuginfo
poppler
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler60
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler60-debuginfo
poppler-tools
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-devel
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-cpp0
poppler-debugsource
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
libpoppler73-32bit
libpoppler73
libpoppler73-debuginfo
libpoppler73-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler89-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler89-32bit
libpoppler89
libpoppler89-debuginfo
libpoppler97 (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

libpoppler73 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libpoppler58 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libpoppler44 - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
libpoppler44-debuginfo - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
poppler - update to 0.26.5-43.26
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler-glib8 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-tools - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.43.0-16.40.1, 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler73-32bit - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler73 - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler73-debuginfo - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler73-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler89-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler89-32bit - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler89 - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler89-debuginfo - update to 0.79.0-150200.3.26.1
libpoppler97 (Ubuntu package) - update to 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.3

• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1013
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00017.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
• Ubuntu update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler