Debian DSA-971-1 : xpdf - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22837

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

SuSE researchers discovered heap overflow errors in xpdf, the Portable Document Format (PDF) suite, that can allow attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the application or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the xpdf packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 3.00-13.5.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22837

File Name: debian_DSA-971.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:xpdf, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0301

DSA: 971

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