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Debian DSA-1348-1 : poppler - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25856

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened.

poppler includes a copy of the xpdf code and required an update as well.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) doesn't include poppler.

Solution

Upgrade the poppler packages.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.5-5.1etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1348

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25856

File Name: debian_DSA-1348.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poppler, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3387

CWE: 189

DSA: 1348