Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libitext5-java package, versions <5.5.13.3-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBITEXT5JAVA-5805275
  • published 11 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libitext5-java to version 5.5.13.3-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libitext5-java package and not the libitext5-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

PDF Labs pdftk-java v3.2.3 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the component /text/pdf/PdfReader.java.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High