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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Karakas-online chm2pdf 0.9. Affected by this vulnerability is 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. The summary by CVE is:
chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.
The weakness was presented 12/01/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5298. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51788 (Fedora 13 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-8.fc13 (2011-0467)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47030) and Tenable (51788). See 45254 for similar entry.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 51788
Nessus Name: Fedora 13 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-8.fc13 (2011-0467)
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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: chm2pdf Insecure Temporary File Creation or DoS Vulnerability
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Timeline
10/11/2008 🔍10/11/2008 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: xforce.iss.netStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5298 (🔍)
X-Force: 47030
Vulnerability Center: 29402 - chm2pdf 0.9 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 31735 - Debian chm2pdf Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/03/2021 10:45
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (57), 03/14/2017 11:53 (9), 08/03/2021 10:39 (4), 08/03/2021 10:45 (1)
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