Vulnerability CVE-2005-2097
Published: 2005-08-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
XPDF -> XPDF 
KDE -> KPDF 

 References:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280
https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/
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