SUSE-SA:2004:039: xpdf, gpdf, kdegraphics3-pdf, pdftohtml, cups

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15569

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:039 (xpdf, gpdf, kdegraphics3-pdf, pdftohtml, cups).

Xpdf is a widely used fast PDF file viewer. Various other PDF viewer and PDF conversion tools use xpdf code to accomplish their tasks.
Chris Evans found several integer overflows and arithmetic errors.
Additionally Sebastian Krahmer from the SuSE Security-Team found similar bugs in xpdf 3.
These bugs can be exploited by tricking an user to open a malformated PDF file. As a result the PDF viewer can be crashed or may be even code can be executed.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_39_pdftools_cups.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15569

File Name: suse_SA_2004_039.nasl

Version: 1.13

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/26/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0888, CVE-2004-0889

BID: 11501

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