Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting gtk3-devel-docs package, versions <0:3.22.30-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GTK3DEVELDOCS-5266144
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2017

Introduced: 12 Oct 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gtk3-devel-docs to version 0:3.22.30-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3140.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gtk3-devel-docs package and not the gtk3-devel-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.