Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qpdf package, versions <7.0.0-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 Dec 2023
- disclosed25 Jul 2017
Introduced: 25 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11627 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.19 qpdf to version 7.0.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qpdf package and not the qpdf package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.
A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the PointerHolder function in PointerHolder.hh, aka an "infinite loop."
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11627
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11627
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/118
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/07/qpdfan-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf_21.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-11627
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/