Out-of-Bounds Affecting qpdf-devel package, versions <0:5.0.1-4.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-QPDFDEVEL-6173195
  • published18 Jan 2024
  • disclosed20 Jul 2021

Introduced: 20 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-36978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 qpdf-devel to version 0:5.0.1-4.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2409.

NVD Description

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

QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails.

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