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Improper Locking Affecting xpdf package, versions <4.05-r0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE319-XPDF-6483202
  • published 24 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 27 Jun 2023
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-3436 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-667 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 xpdf to version 4.05-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xpdf package and not the xpdf package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

Xpdf 4.04 will deadlock on a PDF object stream whose "Length" field is itself in another object stream.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
3.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low