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GLSA-200512-08 : Xpdf, GPdf, CUPS, Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 20328

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200512-08 (Xpdf, GPdf, CUPS, Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 infamous41md discovered that several Xpdf functions lack sufficient boundary checking, resulting in multiple exploitable buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file which would trigger an overflow, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Xpdf, CUPS, GPdf or Poppler.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Xpdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/xpdf-3.01-r2' All GPdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/gpdf-2.10.0-r2' All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose app-text/poppler All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-1.1.23-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200512-08

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20328

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200512-08.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 12/20/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gpdf, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xpdf, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3191, CVE-2005-3192, CVE-2005-3193

BID: 15721, 15725, 15726, 15727

GLSA: 200512-08