Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting poppler-demos package, versions <0:0.26.5-38.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.91% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-POPPLERDEMOS-2136309
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Aug 2018

Introduced: 28 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-16646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 poppler-demos to version 0:0.26.5-38.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-demos package and not the poppler-demos package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack.