Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting podofo package, versions <0.9.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-PODOFO-1069268
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed22 Apr 2017

Introduced: 22 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-8053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 podofo to version 0.9.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podofo package and not the podofo package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF file in PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadDocumentStructure (PdfParser.cpp).