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A vulnerability has been found in KDE kpdf (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was released 08/16/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2097 since 06/30/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19893 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2005:134)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21752) and Tenable (19893). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 23705.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 19893
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2005:134)
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OpenVAS ID: 57204
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1136-1 (gpdf)
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Timeline
06/30/2005 🔍08/09/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kde.orgAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-2097 (🔍)
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X-Force: 21752
Vulnerability Center: 8914 - DoS in KDE Local Table Verification of PDF Files, High
SecurityFocus: 14529 - XPDF Loca Table Verification Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17277
OSVDB: 18693 - GNOME gpdf Temporary File Disk Space Consumption DoS
Vupen: ADV-2007-2280
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/08/2019 11:23
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (68), 06/08/2019 11:23 (7)
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