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Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting gedit-plugin-findinfiles package, versions <0:3.28.1-1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.85% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GEDITPLUGINFINDINFILES-2119653
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 12 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-18267  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 gedit-plugin-findinfiles to version 0:3.28.1-1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gedit-plugin-findinfiles package and not the gedit-plugin-findinfiles package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.