Poppler up to 0.7.3 extractPages input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Poppler. This affects the function extractPages. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-4474. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Poppler (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function extractPages. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc in poppler before 024.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a destination filename.

The weakness was released 11/23/2013 (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-4474 since 06/12/2013. 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 exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70930 (Fedora 18 : poppler-0.20.2-17.fc18 (2013-20410)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196456 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Poppler Vulnerabilities (USN-2958-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88305), Exploit-DB (38817), Tenable (70930), SecurityFocus (BID 63374†) and Secunia (SA56567†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-66208, VDB-65545 and VDB-83729. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 70930
Nessus Name: Fedora 18 : poppler-0.20.2-17.fc18 (2013-20410)
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OpenVAS ID: 867067
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for poppler FEDORA-2013-20410
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Poppler 0.8.0
Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org

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10/26/2013 +136 days 🔍
11/23/2013 +28 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +483 days 🔍
12/01/2024 +3539 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2958-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-4474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65546
X-Force: 88305
SecurityFocus: 63374
Secunia: 56567
Vulnerability Center: 42374 - Poppler Before 0.24.3 Local Denial of Service and Code Execution due to a Problem in the extractPages Function, Medium

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

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/01/2024 00:47
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (65), 04/05/2019 09:19 (3), 01/10/2022 19:13 (4), 01/10/2022 19:20 (1), 12/01/2024 00:47 (26)
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