Infinite loop in xpdf - CVE-2022-48545
Published: November 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82765
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48545
CWE-ID: CWE-835
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 infinite loop within the Catalog::findDestInTree() function. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Affected software
xpdf
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
libpoppler44
libpoppler44-debuginfo
poppler-tools
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler60
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler60-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-devel
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-cpp0
poppler-debugsource
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
libpoppler44
libpoppler44-debuginfo
poppler-tools
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler60
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler60-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-devel
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-cpp0
poppler-debugsource
How to mitigate CVE-2022-48545
Install updates from vendor's website.
xpdf - update to 4.03
libpoppler44 - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
libpoppler44-debuginfo - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
poppler-tools - 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 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-debugsource - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler44 - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
libpoppler44-debuginfo - update to 0.24.4-14.41.1
poppler-tools - 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 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-debugsource - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1