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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55021
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-163-1 (xpdf)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description: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

CVSS Score:
2.1

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 14529
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2097
102972
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
14529
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529
17277
http://secunia.com/advisories/17277
18398
http://secunia.com/advisories/18398
18407
http://secunia.com/advisories/18407
21339
http://secunia.com/advisories/21339
25729
http://secunia.com/advisories/25729
ADV-2007-2280
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280
DSA-1136
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136
DSA-780
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780
DSA-936
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936
FLSA-2006:176751
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
FLSA:175404
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
MDKSA-2005:138
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138
RHSA-2005:670
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html
RHSA-2005:671
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html
RHSA-2005:706
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html
RHSA-2005:708
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html
SCOSA-2005.42
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
SUSE-SR:2005:019
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
USN-163-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10280
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280
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