PT-2017-18093 · Podofo+1 · Podofo+1

Xiaobo Xiang · Published 2017-04-22 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8053

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PoDoFo version 0.9.5

Description The issue allows for denial of service through infinite recursion and stack consumption. This can be triggered by a crafted PDF file, specifically affecting the ReadDocumentStructure function in PdfParser.cpp.

Recommendations For PoDoFo version 0.9.5, consider avoiding the use of the ReadDocumentStructure function in PdfParser.cpp until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted PDF files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2273

CVE-2017-8053

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Podofo

References · 50

• 🔥 http://evernote.com/l/AnGe5jS_MvNDaZvZW-fzvV37H4ggSf5IkQo · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6842 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8053 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7383 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11255 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7994 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5308 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-2273 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8053 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6848 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7381 · Security Note
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