Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting poppler-demos package, versions <0:0.26.5-38.el7
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- published10 Apr 2022
- disclosed6 Sept 2018
Introduced: 6 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16646 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:7 poppler-demos to version 0:0.26.5-38.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2022.
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 Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle: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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-16646.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2022.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/