| Name | CVE-2017-5852 |
| Description | The PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function in base/PdfVariant.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) 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) |
| References | DLA-929-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 854600 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libpodofo (PTS) | bullseye | 0.9.7+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.9.8+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.9.8+dfsg-3.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-infinite-loop-in-podofopdfpagegetinheritedkeyfromobject-pdfpage-cpp
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/podofo-users/thread/12497325.VLNgGImML2%40blackgate/#msg35640936
upstream commit: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1835
upstream commit: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1838
upstream commit: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1841
further patch for ABI compatibility: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/message/36084628/