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 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2017-8054: Fixed a vulnerability in PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray function which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service (bsc#1035596).

CVE-2018-5783: Fixed an uncontrolled memory allocation in PdfVecObjects::Reserve function (bsc#1076962).

CVE-2018-11255: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in PdfPage::GetPageNumber() function which could lead to Denial of Service (bsc#1096890).

CVE-2018-20751: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in crop_page function (bsc#1124357).

CVE-2018-12982: Fixed an invalid memory read in PdfVariant::DelayedLoad() function which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service (bsc#1099720).

Fixed a buffer overflow in TestEncrypt function.

Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in PdfTranslator-setTarget function.

Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow PdfVariant:DelayedLoad function.

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.

The remote Fedora 29 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2018-6b9320d9c9 advisory.

    This update fixes multiple security vulnerabilities:  CVE-2018-5783, CVE-2018-11254, CVE-2018-11255,     CVE-2018-11256, CVE-2018-12982, CVE-2018-14320, CVE-2018-19532



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

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

This update for podofo fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2017-6845: The PoDoFo::PdfColor::operator function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file (bsc#1027779).

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-2018-5295: Prevent integer overflow in the PdfXRefStreamParserObject::ParseStream function that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1075026).

CVE-2017-6845: The PoDoFo::PdfColor::operator function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file (bsc#1027779).

CVE-2018-5309: Prevent integer overflow in the PdfObjectStreamParserObject::ReadObjectsFromStream function that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1075322).

CVE-2018-5296: Prevent uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1075021).

CVE-2017-7381: Prevent NULL pointer dereference that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1032020).

CVE-2017-7382: Prevent NULL pointer dereference that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1032021).

CVE-2017-7383: Prevent NULL pointer dereference that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1032022).

CVE-2018-11256: Prevent NULL pointer dereference that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1096889).

CVE-2018-5783: Prevent uncontrolled memory allocation in the PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve function that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1076962).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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.

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 is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve function     (base/PdfVecObjects.h). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service     via a crafted pdf file. (CVE-2018-5783)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
406434	Alpine: multiple podofo packages: security update to 0.9.6-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	10/31/2023	7/2/2026	critical
406434	Alpine: multiple podofo packages: security update to 0.9.6-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	10/31/2023	7/2/2026	critical
126739	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2019:1849-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/16/2019	5/9/2024	high
120503	Fedora 29 : mingw-podofo / podofo (2018-6b9320d9c9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	8/29/2025	high
122229	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2019:0393-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/15/2019	6/20/2024	high
250712	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-5783	Nessus	Misc.	8/18/2025	7/12/2026	medium

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