| Name | CVE-2017-6840 |
| Description | The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack function in colorchanger.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read) 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-968-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 861557 |
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
[jessie] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/02/1
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-invalid-memory-read-in-colorchangergetcolorfromstack-colorchanger-cpp
upstream commit: http://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1844
upstream commit: http://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1845