SUSE update for podofo

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU34932

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20093

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted file, because of ImageExtractor.cpp.

Mitigation

Update the affected package podofo to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

openSUSE Leap: 15.3 - 15.4

podofo-debugsource: before 0.9.6-150300.3.3.1

podofo-debuginfo: before 0.9.6-150300.3.3.1

podofo: before 0.9.6-150300.3.3.1

libpodofo0_9_6-debuginfo: before 0.9.6-150300.3.3.1

libpodofo0_9_6: before 0.9.6-150300.3.3.1

libpodofo-devel: before 0.9.6-150300.3.3.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221316-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.