Specially crafted PDF files could cause buffer overflows in the pdftops filter when printing such a document (CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

Several vulnerabilities have been identified in xpdf, a suite of tools for viewing and converting Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-1188 and CVE-2009-3603     Integer overflow in SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap which     might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code     or an application crash via a crafted PDF document.

  - CVE-2009-3604     NULL pointer dereference or heap-based buffer overflow     in Splash::drawImage which might allow remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF     document.

  - CVE-2009-3606     Integer overflow in the PSOutputDev::doImageL1Sep which     might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code     via a crafted PDF document.

  - CVE-2009-3608     Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream which     might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code     via a crafted PDF document.

  - CVE-2009-3609     Integer overflow in the ImageStream::ImageStream which     might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of     service via a crafted PDF document.

Updated tetex packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

teTeX is an implementation of TeX. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input, and creates a typesetter-independent DeVice Independent (DVI) file as output.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the way teTeX processed special commands when converting DVI files into PostScript. An attacker could create a malicious DVI file that would cause the dvips executable to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2010-0739, CVE-2010-1440)

Multiple array index errors were found in the way teTeX converted DVI files into the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format. An attacker could create a malicious DVI file that would cause the dvipng executable to crash. (CVE-2010-0829)

teTeX embeds a copy of Xpdf, an open source Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer, to allow adding images in PDF format to the generated PDF documents. The following issues affect Xpdf code :

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2009-0147, CVE-2009-1179)

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf. If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder.
If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2009-0195)

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2009-0146, CVE-2009-1182)

Multiple flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder that could lead to the freeing of arbitrary memory. If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2009-0166, CVE-2009-1180)

Multiple input validation flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2009-0800)

Multiple denial of service flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder.
If a local user generated a PDF file from a TeX document, referencing a specially crafted PDF file, it would cause Xpdf to crash.
(CVE-2009-0799, CVE-2009-1181, CVE-2009-1183)

Red Hat would like to thank Braden Thomas and Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team, Will Dormann of the CERT/CC, Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research, and Chris Rohlf, for responsibly reporting the Xpdf flaws.

All users of tetex are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment, including KPDF, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in KPDF. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause KPDF to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.

Updated poppler packages that fix multiple security issues and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in poppler. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

Red Hat would like to thank Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.

This update also corrects a regression introduced in the previous poppler security update, RHSA-2009:0480, that prevented poppler from rendering certain PDF documents correctly. (BZ#528147)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

- apply xpdf-3.02pl4 security patch to fix:
    CVE-2009-1188/CVE-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3604,     CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2009:1513 advisory.

    The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer     for UNIX operating systems. The CUPS pdftops filter converts Portable     Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript.

    Two integer overflow flaws were found in the CUPS pdftops filter. An     attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause pdftops to     crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the lp user if the file     was printed. (CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

    Red Hat would like to thank Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608     issue.

    Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which     contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing the     update, the cupsd daemon will be restarted automatically.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Specially crafted PDF files could cause buffer overflows in the pdftops filter when printing such a document. CVE-2009-3608: CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 CVE-2009-3609: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.

It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.

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.

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment, including KPDF, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in KPDF. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause KPDF to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:1501 :

An updated xpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

An updated gpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

GPdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in GPdf. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause GPdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1504 advisory.

    [0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11]
    - Fixes various flaws addressed in bugs #526637, #526893 and #526915       which were tracked in #527403.
    - Resolves: #527403

    [0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.10]
    - Add poppler-0.5.4-JBIG2-segment-reading.patch to       fix reading of arithmetically encoded JBIG2 images with       unknown length.
    - Resolves: #528147

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
42815	openSUSE 10 Security Update : cups (cups-6565)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/16/2009	1/14/2021	high
45427	Debian DSA-2028-1 : xpdf - multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	4/6/2010	1/4/2021	high
46760	CentOS 5 : tetex (CESA-2010:0400)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	6/1/2010	1/4/2021	high
42161	RHEL 5 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2009:1502)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/16/2009	1/14/2021	high
42163	RHEL 5 : poppler (RHSA-2009:1504)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/16/2009	1/14/2021	high
42194	Fedora 10 : xpdf-3.02-15.fc10 (2009-10694)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	10/22/2009	1/11/2021	high
42165	RHEL 5 : cups (RHSA-2009:1513)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/16/2009	11/4/2024	medium
42813	openSUSE Security Update : kdegraphics3-pdf (kdegraphics3-pdf-1536)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/16/2009	1/14/2021	high
42816	SuSE 10 Security Update : kdegraphics3-pdf (ZYPP Patch Number 6653)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/16/2009	1/14/2021	high
42207	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-850-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/22/2009	1/19/2021	high
43805	CentOS 4 : kdegraphics (CESA-2009:1512)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	1/6/2010	1/4/2021	high
67940	Oracle Linux 4 : xpdf (ELSA-2009-1501)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	1/14/2021	high
43803	CentOS 4 : gpdf (CESA-2009:1503)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	1/6/2010	1/4/2021	high
43802	CentOS 5 : kdegraphics (CESA-2009:1502)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	1/6/2010	1/4/2021	high
67942	Oracle Linux 5 : poppler (ELSA-2009-1504)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	10/22/2024	medium

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