In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in     PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly     unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file. (CVE-2018-8001)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3550-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2015-8981: Fixed heap overflow in the function ReadXRefSubsection (bsc#1023190)
     - CVE-2017-6840: Fixed invalid memory read in ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack (colorchanger.cpp)     (bsc#1027787)
     - CVE-2017-6841: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in     GraphicsStack::TGraphicsStackElement::~TGraphicsStackElement (graphicsstack.h) (bsc#1027786)
     - CVE-2017-6842: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack (colorchanger.cpp)     (bsc#1027785)
     - CVE-2017-6845: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in     GraphicsStack::TGraphicsStackElement::SetNonStrokingColorSpace (graphicsstack.h) (bsc#1027779)
     - CVE-2017-6849: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in PoDoFo::PdfColorGray::~PdfColorGray (PdfColor.cpp)     (bsc#1027776)
     - CVE-2017-8378: Fixed denial of service (application crash) vectors related to m_offsets.size     (PdfParser::ReadObjects func in base/PdfParser.cpp) (bsc#1037000)

     - Fixed NULL pointer dereference in PdfInfo::GuessFormat (pdfinfo.cpp) (bsc#1023072)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadObjects function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5
    allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified
    other impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size. (CVE-2017-8378)

  - The PoDoFo::PdfXObject::PdfXObject function in PdfXObject.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to
    cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6848)

  - The PoDoFo::PdfPainter::ExpandTabs function in PdfPainter.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to
    cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
    (CVE-2017-7378)

  - The PoDoFo::PdfSimpleEncoding::ConvertToEncoding function in PdfEncoding.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote
    attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted
    PDF document. (CVE-2017-7379)

  - The doc/PdfPage.cpp:614:20 code in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
    pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2017-7380)

This update for podofo version 0.9.6 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-5852: Fix a infinite loop in     PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject (PdfPage.cpp)     (boo#1023067)

  - CVE-2017-5854: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in     PdfOutputStream.cpp (boo#1023070)

  - CVE-2017-5886: Fix a heap-based buffer overflow in     PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken (PdfTokenizer.cpp)     (boo#1023380)

  - CVE-2017-6844: Fix a buffer overflow in     PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection (PdfParser.cpp)     (boo#1027782)

  - CVE-2017-6847: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in     PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad (PdfVariant.h)     (boo#1027778)

  - CVE-2017-7379: Fix a heap-based buffer overflow in     PoDoFo::PdfSimpleEncoding::ConvertToEncoding     (PdfEncoding.cpp) (boo#1032018)

  - CVE-2018-5296: Fix a denial of service in the     ReadXRefSubsection function (boo#1075021)

  - CVE-2018-5309: Fix a integer overflow in the     ReadObjectsFromStream function (boo#1075322)

  - CVE-2017-5853: Fix a signed integer overflow in     PdfParser.cpp (boo#1023069)

  - CVE-2017-5855: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in the     ReadXRefSubsection function (boo#1023071)

  - CVE-2017-6840: Fix a invalid memory read in the     GetColorFromStack function (boo#1027787)

  - CVE-2017-6845: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in the     SetNonStrokingColorSpace function (boo#1027779)

  - CVE-2017-7378: Fix a heap-based buffer overflow in the     ExpandTabs function (boo#1032017)

  - CVE-2017-7380: Fix four NULL pointer dereferences     (boo#1032019)

  - CVE-2017-8054: Fix a denial of service in the     GetPageNodeFromArray function (boo#1035596)

  - CVE-2018-5295: Fix a integer overflow in the ParseStream     function (boo#1075026)

  - CVE-2018-5308: Fix undefined behavior in the     PdfMemoryOutputStream::Write function (boo#1075772)

  - CVE-2018-8001: Fix a heap overflow read vulnerability in     the UnescapeName function (boo#1084894)

  - CVE-2017-7994, CVE-2017-8787: Fix a denial of service     via a crafted PDF document (boo#1035534, boo#1037739)

This update for podofo fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-5852: The     PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via a crafted file (bsc#1023067).

  - CVE-2017-5853: Integer overflow allowed remote attackers     to have unspecified impact via a crafted file     (bsc#1023069).

  - CVE-2017-5854: Prevent NULL pointer dereference that     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     via a crafted file (bsc#1023070).

  - CVE-2017-5855: The PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection     function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file     (bsc#1023071).

  - CVE-2017-5886: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the     PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function that allowed     remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a     crafted file (bsc#1023380).

  - CVE-2017-6847: The PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad     function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file     (bsc#1027778).

  - CVE-2017-6844: Buffer overflow in the     PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function allowed     remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a     crafted file (bsc#1027782).

  - CVE-2017-6840: The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack     function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (invalid read) via a crafted file (bsc#1027787).

  - CVE-2017-7378: The PoDoFo::PdfPainter::ExpandTabs     function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1032017).

  - CVE-2017-7379: The     PoDoFo::PdfSimpleEncoding::ConvertToEncoding function     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted PDF document (bsc#1032018).

  - CVE-2017-7380: Prevent NULL pointer dereference that     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1032019).

  - CVE-2017-7994: The function TextExtractor::ExtractText     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted PDF document (bsc#1035534).

  - CVE-2017-8054: The function     PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     recursion and application crash) via a crafted PDF     document (bsc#1035596).

  - CVE-2017-8787: The     PoDoFo::PdfXRefStreamParserObject::ReadXRefStreamEntry     function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF file     (bsc#1037739).

  - CVE-2018-5308: Properly validate memcpy arguments in the     PdfMemoryOutputStream::Write function to prevent remote     attackers from causing a denial-of-service or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file     (bsc#1075772).

  - CVE-2018-8001: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read     vulnerability in UnescapeName() that allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial-of-service or possibly     unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file     (bsc#1084894).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
256244	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-8001	Nessus	Misc.	high
208420	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2024:3550-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
406434	Alpine: multiple podofo packages: security update to 0.9.6-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
406434	Alpine: multiple podofo packages: security update to 0.9.6-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
121290	openSUSE Security Update : podofo (openSUSE-2019-66)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
112081	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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