[Secure-testing-team] Bug#860994: libpodofo: CVE-2017-8053

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libpodofo
Version: 0.9.4-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libpodofo.

CVE-2017-8053[0]:
| PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows denial of service (infinite recursion and stack
| consumption) via a crafted PDF file in
| PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadDocumentStructure (PdfParser.cpp).

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8053
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8053
[1] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/22/1

[1] contains a reproducer/poc.

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore