| Name | CVE-2018-12983 |
| Description | A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 916580 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libpodofo (PTS) | stretch | 0.9.4-6 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.9.6+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.9.7+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, sid | 0.9.8+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libpodofo | source | experimental | 0.9.8+dfsg-1 | | | |
| libpodofo | source | (unstable) | 0.9.8+dfsg-2 | low | | 916580 |
Notes
[bullseye] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595693
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/23