| Name | CVE-2017-6845 |
| Description | The PoDoFo::PdfColor::operator function in PdfColor.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 861562 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libpodofo (PTS) | buster | 0.9.6+dfsg-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.9.7+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| trixie, bookworm | 0.9.8+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid | 0.9.8+dfsg-3.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libpodofo | source | (unstable) | 0.9.5-9 | | | 861562 |
Notes
[stretch] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
The motivation for no-dsa in wheezy is that there are no known
services that use this library (apart from desktop applications)
and the worst case is a DoS.
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/02/6
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-podofopdfcoloroperator-pdfcolor-cpp
upstream commit: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1892