Bug 1454816 – CVE-2017-9209 qpdf: Infinite loop related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal

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Bug 1454816 - (CVE-2017-9209) CVE-2017-9209 qpdf: Infinite loop related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal

Summary:	CVE-2017-9209 qpdf: Infinite loop related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-9209

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1454820
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Reported:	2017-05-23 09:58 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-05-23 10:09 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2017-05-23 10:09:27 EDT
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-05-23 09:58:27 EDT

libqpdf.a in QPDF allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka qpdf-infiniteloop2.

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https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-05-23 10:01:27 EDT

Created qpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1454820]

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