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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-6847: podofo Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-6847: podofo Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
12/27/2019

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad function in PdfVariant.h in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-podofo

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