Foo Labs Xpdf stream.cc readbaselinesof memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Foo Labs Xpdf. Affected is the function dctstream::readbaselinesof of the file stream.cc. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3627. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Foo Labs Xpdf (Document Reader Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is the function dctstream::readbaselinesof of the file stream.cc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stream.cc in Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to modify memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCTDecode stream with (1) a large "number of components" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readBaselineSOF or DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF, (2) a large "Huffman table index" value that is not checked by DCTStream::readHuffmanTables, and (3) certain uses of the scanInfo.numComps value by DCTStream::readScanInfo.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2005 by Chris Evans (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3627. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21043 (RHEL 4 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2006:0262)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117788 (CentOS Security Update for kdegraphics (CESA-2005:868)).

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 (24025), Tenable (21043), SecurityFocus (BID 16143†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10170†). The entries VDB-27351, VDB-27327, VDB-27324 and VDB-27885 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21043
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2006:0262)
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OpenVAS ID: 56457
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1008-1 (kdegraphics)
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03/10/2006 +53 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3289 days 🔍
07/07/2021 +2309 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Researcher: Chris Evans
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3627 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3627
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27884

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X-Force: 24025
SecurityFocus: 16143 - KPDF and KWord Multiple Unspecified Buffer and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 10170 - Xpdf Stream.cc Memory Modification \x26 Code Execution via Malformed DCTDecode Stream, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/07/2021 09:09
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (63), 06/02/2019 08:58 (9), 07/07/2021 09:07 (3), 07/07/2021 09:09 (1)
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