Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55021
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-163-1 (xpdf)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-163-1 (xpdf)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to xpdf announced via advisory USN-163-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: xpdf-reader xpdf-utils kpdf xpdf and kpdf did not sufficiently verify the validity of the loca table in PDF files, a table that contains glyph description information for embedded TrueType fonts. After detecting the broken table, xpdf attempted to reconstruct the information in it, which caused the generation of a huge temporary file that quickly filled up available disk space and rendered the application unresponsive. The CUPS printing system in Ubuntu 5.04 uses the xpdf-utils package to convert PDF files to PostScript. By attempting to print such a crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service in a print server. The CUPS system in Ubuntu 4.10 is not vulnerable against this attack. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 3.00-8ubuntu1.5 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 3.00-11ubuntu3.1 (xpdf-reader and xpdf-utils for Ubuntu 5.04) and 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1 (kpdf for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-163-1 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 14529 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2097 Debian Security Information: DSA-780 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780 Debian Security Information: DSA-936 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936 Debian Security Information: DSA-1136 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2005.42 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:019 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-163-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10280 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280 http://secunia.com/advisories/17277 http://secunia.com/advisories/18398 http://secunia.com/advisories/18407 http://secunia.com/advisories/21339 http://secunia.com/advisories/25729
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