Executive Summary

Summary
Title PDFlib: Multiple buffer overflows
Informations
Name GLSA-200803-17 First vendor Publication 2008-03-10
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-03-10
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 5.7 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 5.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows have been reported in PDFlib.

Background

PDFlib is a library for generating PDF on the fly.

Description

poplix reported multiple boundary errors in the pdc_fsearch_fopen()
function when processing overly long filenames.

Impact

A remote attacker could send specially crafted content to a vulnerable application using PDFlib, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PDFlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/pdflib-7.0.2_p8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6561 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6561

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-17 (pdflib)
File : nvt/glsa_200803_17.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40275 PDFlib PDF_load_image Function Long Filename Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-03-13 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200803-17.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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