Source: libpodofo
Version: 0.9.6+dfsg-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/34/

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libpodofo.

CVE-2018-20797[0]:
| An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.6. There is an attempted
| excessive memory allocation in PoDoFo::podofo_calloc in
| base/PdfMemoryManagement.cpp when called from
| PoDoFo::PdfPredictorDecoder::PdfPredictorDecoder in
| base/PdfFiltersPrivate.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-2018-20797
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20797
[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/34/

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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