PT-2018-10426 · Podofo+1 · Podofo+1

Zhiyuan Wang · Published 2018-05-18 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-11254

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 An issue was discovered in the PdfPagesTree::GetPageNode() function of PdfPagesTree.cpp, where there is an excessive recursion. Remote attackers could leverage this to cause a denial of service through a crafted pdf file.

Recommendations For PoDoFo version 0.9.5, consider restricting the use of the PdfPagesTree::GetPageNode() function until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Uncontrolled Recursion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2273

CVE-2018-11254

MGASA-2019-0044

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Podofo

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