Bug 1597427 (CVE-2018-12983) - CVE-2018-12983 podofo: stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey function
Summary: CVE-2018-12983 podofo: stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base:...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-12983
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1597433 1597429 1597432
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-02 22:36 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:31:25 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-02 22:36:00 UTC 
A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1. A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595693
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-02 22:36:49 UTC 
Created mingw-podofo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1597432]


Created podofo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1597433]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1597429]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:31:25 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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