Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting poppler-glib-devel package, versions <0:0.26.5-20.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-POPPLERGLIBDEVEL-1670552
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed10 May 2018

Introduced: 10 May 2018

CVE-2017-18267  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 poppler-glib-devel to version 0:0.26.5-20.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1217.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-glib-devel package and not the poppler-glib-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.