Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-9208 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
qpdf-project
canonical
CWE-835
nessus

Summary

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.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-3066-2.NASL
    descriptionThis update for qpdf fixes the following issues : qpdf was updated to 7.1.1. Security issues fixed : CVE-2017-11627: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050577). CVE-2017-11625: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050579). CVE-2017-11626: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050578). CVE-2017-11624: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050581). CVE-2017-12595: Stack overflow when processing deeply nested arrays and dictionaries (bsc#1055960). CVE-2017-9209: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040312). CVE-2017-9210: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040313). CVE-2017-9208: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040311). - Check release notes for detailed bug fixes. - http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html#ref.release-notes 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.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118301
    published2018-10-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118301
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : qpdf (SUSE-SU-2018:3066-2)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3066-2.
    # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(118301);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/10 13:51:49");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11624", "CVE-2017-11625", "CVE-2017-11626", "CVE-2017-11627", "CVE-2017-12595", "CVE-2017-9208", "CVE-2017-9209", "CVE-2017-9210");
    
      script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : qpdf (SUSE-SU-2018:3066-2)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update for qpdf fixes the following issues :
    
    qpdf was updated to 7.1.1.
    
    Security issues fixed :
    
    CVE-2017-11627: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows
    attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050577).
    
    CVE-2017-11625: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows
    attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050579).
    
    CVE-2017-11626: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows
    attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050578).
    
    CVE-2017-11624: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows
    attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050581).
    
    CVE-2017-12595: Stack overflow when processing deeply nested arrays
    and dictionaries (bsc#1055960).
    
    CVE-2017-9209: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service
    (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document
    (bsc#1040312).
    
    CVE-2017-9210: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service
    (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document
    (bsc#1040313).
    
    CVE-2017-9208: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service
    (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document
    (bsc#1040311).
    
      - Check release notes for detailed bug fixes.
    
      - http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html#ref.release-notes
    
    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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html#ref.release-notes"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040311"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040312"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040313"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050577"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050578"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050579"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050581"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1055960"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11624/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11625/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11626/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11627/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12595/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9208/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9209/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9210/"
      );
      # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183066-2/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4cb84123"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
    installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
    
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-2169=1"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-cups-browsed");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-cups-browsed-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-foomatic-rip");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-foomatic-rip-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-ghostscript");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-ghostscript-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqpdf18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqpdf18-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qpdf");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qpdf-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qpdf-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/05/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/10/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
    if (cpu >!< "x86_64") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);
    
    
    sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
    if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
    if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP2", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-cups-browsed-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-cups-browsed-debuginfo-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-debuginfo-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-debugsource-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-foomatic-rip-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-foomatic-rip-debuginfo-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-ghostscript-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-filters-ghostscript-debuginfo-1.0.58-15.2.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libqpdf18-7.1.1-3.3.4")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libqpdf18-debuginfo-7.1.1-3.3.4")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qpdf-7.1.1-3.3.4")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qpdf-debuginfo-7.1.1-3.3.4")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qpdf-debugsource-7.1.1-3.3.4")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "qpdf");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-191D7EC089.NASL
    descriptionAdding patches for CVEs in qpdf does binary incompatibility, so cups-filters needed to be rebuilt. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-08-16
    plugin id102506
    published2017-08-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102506
    titleFedora 26 : cups-filters / qpdf (2017-191d7ec089)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-A05E2B8545.NASL
    descriptionPatches solving CVEs in qpdf changes API, so cups-filters needed to be rebuilt with it. ---- Reverting changes from previous update Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-08-21
    plugin id102607
    published2017-08-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102607
    titleFedora 25 : cups-filters / qpdf (2017-a05e2b8545)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-3066-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for qpdf fixes the following issues : qpdf was updated to 7.1.1. Security issues fixed : CVE-2017-11627: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050577). CVE-2017-11625: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050579). CVE-2017-11626: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050578). CVE-2017-11624: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050581). CVE-2017-12595: Stack overflow when processing deeply nested arrays and dictionaries (bsc#1055960). CVE-2017-9209: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040312). CVE-2017-9210: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040313). CVE-2017-9208: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040311). - Check release notes for detailed bug fixes. - http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html#ref.release-notes 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.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117993
    published2018-10-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117993
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qpdf (SUSE-SU-2018:3066-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-176.NASL
    descriptionThis version update for qpdf to 7.1.1 fixes the following issues : - Update to version 7.1.1 - Fix one linearization bug affecting files whose first /ID component is not 16 bytes long - Update to version 7.1.0 - Allow raw encryption key to be specified in libary and command line with the QPDF::setPasswordIsHexKey method and --password-is-hex-key option. Allow encryption key to be displayed with --show-encryption-key option. See https://blog.didierstevens.com/2017/12/28/cracking-encry pted-pdfs-part-3/ for a discussion of using this for cracking encrypted PDFs. I hope that a future release of qpdf will include some additional recovery options that may also make use of this capability. - Fix lexical error: the PDF specification allows floating point numbers to end with
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-02-20
    plugin id106894
    published2018-02-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106894
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : qpdf (openSUSE-2018-176)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3638-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QPDF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109600
    published2018-05-08
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109600
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : qpdf vulnerabilities (USN-3638-1)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-E58A762C3F.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2017-11627, CVE-2017-11626, CVE-2017-11625, CVE-2017-11624, CVE-2017-9208, CVE-2017-9209, CVE-2017-9210. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-08-07
    plugin id102215
    published2017-08-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102215
    titleFedora 26 : qpdf (2017-e58a762c3f)