Poppler up to 0.10.3 loadDefaults denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Poppler (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file with an invalid Form Opt entry.

The weakness was published 03/03/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0755 since 03/03/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44806 (Debian DSA-1941-1 : poppler - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165632 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:012)).

Upgrading to version 0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48688), Exploit-DB (32800), Tenable (44806), SecurityFocus (BID 33749†) and Secunia (SA33853†). Similar entries are available at VDB-46941, VDB-46932, VDB-46498 and VDB-47986. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 44806
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1941-1 : poppler - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 66332
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1941-1 (poppler)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Advisory: ubuntu.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0755 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0755
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46940

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X-Force: 48688
SecurityFocus: 33749 - Poppler Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33853 - Poppler Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 21746 - Poppler <0.10.4 FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults Function Remote Denial of Service via a PDF File, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM
Updated: 12/16/2024 12:16 AM
Changes: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM (66), 04/05/2019 09:18 AM (16), 08/04/2021 07:49 PM (3), 12/16/2024 12:16 AM (17)
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