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GLSA-200602-04 : Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 20894

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-200602-04 (Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow)

 Dirk Mueller has reported a vulnerability in Xpdf. It is caused by a missing boundary check in the splash rasterizer engine when handling PDF splash images with overly large dimensions.
 Impact :

 By sending a specially crafted PDF file to a victim, an attacker could cause an overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
 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-r7' All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/poppler-0.5.0-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200602-04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20894

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200602-04.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2006

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0301

GLSA: 200602-04