| Name | CVE-2017-8054 |
| Description | The function PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray in PdfPageTree.cpp:464 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted PDF document. |
| 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 | 860995 |
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 | | | 860995 |
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.
http://qwertwwwe.github.io/2017/04/22/PoDoFo-0-9-5-allows-remote-attackers-to-cause-a-denial-of-service-infinit-loop/
PoC: https://github.com/qwertwwwe/PoC/blob/master/podofo/PoC
upstream commit: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1872
partially reverted in: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1881
... and re-fixed in: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1882
and https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1883