Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:38693Denial Of Service
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.1%
poppler is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. A logical error in the Hints::Hints function in the Hints.cc file allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDf file into the pdftops utility, which causes the program to hang for a long time, leading to a denial of service.
References
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8151
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2087190
gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1230
gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1230#note_1372177
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOTDUXJOKDYO4I7MKHLT5NBGTN5E7FHQ/
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5224
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.1%