Debian DSA-2028-1 : xpdf - multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 45427

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.02-1.4+lenny2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=551287

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1188

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3603

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3604

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3606

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3608

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3609

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 45427

File Name: debian_DSA-2028.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xpdf, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609

BID: 34568, 36703

CWE: 189, 399

DSA: 2028