Poppler up to 0.7.3 glib/poppler-page.cc numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Poppler up to 0.7.3. This affects an unknown function in the library glib/poppler-page.cc. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3605. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Poppler up to 0.7.3 (Document Reader Software). This issue affects an unknown code in the library glib/poppler-page.cc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple integer overflows in Poppler 0.10.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to (1) glib/poppler-page.cc; (2) ArthurOutputDev.cc, (3) CairoOutputDev.cc, (4) GfxState.cc, (5) JBIG2Stream.cc, (6) PSOutputDev.cc, and (7) SplashOutputDev.cc in poppler/; and (8) SplashBitmap.cc, (9) Splash.cc, and (10) SplashFTFont.cc in splash/. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2009-0791.

The weakness was presented 11/02/2009 by Adam Zabrocki with Red Hat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3605. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42237 (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : poppler regression (USN-850-2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117018 (Solaris GNOME PDF Rendering Libraries Denial of Service or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities (1021706.1)).

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 Tenable (42237), SecurityFocus (BID 36703†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23864†). See VDB-50521, VDB-50520, VDB-50519 and VDB-50518 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 42237
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : poppler regression (USN-850-2)
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OpenVAS ID: 66151
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-302-01 xpdf
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10/09/2009 🔍
10/15/2009 +6 days 🔍
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10/23/2009 +8 days 🔍
10/27/2009 +4 days 🔍
11/02/2009 +6 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1962 days 🔍
08/25/2021 +2351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: launchpad.net
Researcher: Adam Zabrocki
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3605 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3605
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50663

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SecurityFocus: 36703 - Xpdf Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 23864 - Poppler PDF Documents Parsing Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/25/2021 00:51
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 04/05/2019 09:19 (13), 08/25/2021 00:38 (3), 08/25/2021 00:51 (1)
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