SB2023101001 - Denial of service in Poppler
Published: October 10, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023101001
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Uncontrolled recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-23804)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in pdfinfo and pdftops. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted document to application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.