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Ubuntu 4.10 : xpdf, tetex-bin vulnerabilities (USN-48-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 20665
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
A potential buffer overflow has been found in the xpdf viewer. An insufficient input validation could be exploited by an attacker providing a specially crafted PDF file which, when processed by xpdf, could result in abnormal program termination or the execution of attacker supplied program code with the user's privileges.The tetex-bin package contains the affected xpdf code to generate PDF output and process included PDF files, thus is vulnerable as well.
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Solution
Update the affected packages.Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 20665
File Name: ubuntu_USN-48-1.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/15/2006
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpathsea-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpathsea3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf-reader, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tetex-bin
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-1125