Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : xpdf, poppler, kdegraphics vulnerabilities (USN-249-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21058

Synopsis

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

Description

The splash image handler in xpdf did not check the validity of coordinates. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file, an attacker could exploit this to trigger a buffer overflow which could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user.

The poppler library and kpdf also contain xpdf code, and thus are affected by the same vulnerability.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21058

File Name: ubuntu_USN-249-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamera, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kcoloredit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdegraphics, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdegraphics-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdegraphics-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdegraphics-kfile-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdvi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kfax, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kgamma, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kghostview, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kiconedit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kmrml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kolourpaint, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kooka, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpdf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpovmodeler, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kruler, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksnapshot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksvg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kuickshow, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kview, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kviewshell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkscan-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkscan1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler0c2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler0c2-glib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler0c2-qt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf-reader, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpdf-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0301

USN: 249-1

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