HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to     strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node. (CVE-2024-45508)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7225-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the image_set_mask, git_read_lzw,     write_header and write_node functions, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0137, CVE-2022-24191,     CVE-2022-34033, CVE-2022-34035)

    It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the gif_get_code function, which could lead     to a segmentation fault. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted GIF file, an     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04     LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0534)

    It was discovered that HTMLDOC did not perform proper bounds checks on image dimensions when loading JPEG     images, which could lead to a buffer overflow. If a user or application were tricked into opening a     crafted JPEG image, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue     only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2022-27114)

    It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the pdf_write_names function, which could     lead to a heap buffer overflow. If a user or application were tricked into opening a specially crafted     file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or leak sensitive     information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04     LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-28085)

    It was discovered that HTMLDOC could be made to write out of bounds when attempting to strip whitespace.
    An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45508)

    It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the parse_pre function, which could lead to a     heap buffer overflow. If a user or application were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2024-46478)

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

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

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2024:0303-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-45508: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to     strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node [boo#1230022].

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

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

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2024:0304-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-45508: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to     strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node [boo#1230022].

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
229512	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-45508	Nessus	Misc.	critical
214518	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : HTMLDOC vulnerabilities (USN-7225-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
207337	openSUSE 15 Security Update : htmldoc (openSUSE-SU-2024:0303-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
207336	openSUSE 15 Security Update : htmldoc (openSUSE-SU-2024:0304-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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