QPDF 6.0.0 libqpdf.a PDF Document resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in QPDF 6.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file libqpdf.a. The manipulation as part of PDF Document leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-9208. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in QPDF 6.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file libqpdf.a. The manipulation as part of a PDF Document leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to releaseResolved functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.

The bug was discovered 05/21/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at blogs.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-9208 since 05/22/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102506 (Fedora 26 : cups-filters / qpdf (2017-191d7ec089)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171628 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qpdf (SUSE-SU-2018:3066-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (102506). The entries VDB-101718, VDB-101719, VDB-104500 and VDB-104501 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 102506
Nessus Name: Fedora 26 : cups-filters / qpdf (2017-191d7ec089)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for qpdf FEDORA-2017-e58a762c3f
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-191d7ec089
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-9208 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9208
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101717
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-9208 - QPDF - Denial of Service Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2017 13:06
Updated: 12/07/2022 09:14
Changes: 05/23/2017 13:06 (72), 10/02/2020 16:24 (4), 12/07/2022 09:11 (4), 12/07/2022 09:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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