A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2022:3833-1 advisory.

  - A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp     in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf     file. (CVE-2018-12983)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3385-1 advisory.

  - A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp     in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf     file. (CVE-2018-12983)

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

This update applies a proposed fix for CVE-2018-12983.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
170216	openSUSE 15 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2022:3833-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
165493	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2022:3385-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
138404	Fedora 31 : mingw-podofo / podofo (2020-71e2092ebc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
138400	Fedora 32 : mingw-podofo / podofo (2020-2d80e03190)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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