Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libpodofo package, versions <0.9.6+dfsg-3
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 Jan 2018
- disclosed8 Jan 2018
Introduced: 8 Jan 2018
CVE-2018-5296 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable libpodofo to version 0.9.6+dfsg-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpodofo package and not the libpodofo package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.