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[ASA-201910-10] xpdf: arbitrary code execution

2019-10-1600:00:00
security.archlinux.org
7

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

36.7%

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201910-10

Severity: Medium
Date : 2019-10-16
CVE-ID : CVE-2019-16927
Package : xpdf
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1048

Summary

The package xpdf before version 4.02-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.02-1.

pacman -Syu “xpdf>=4.02-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.02.

Workaround

None.

Description

Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the
TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2019-9877.

Impact

A local attacker is able to execute arbitrary code via a specially
crafted PDF document.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/63980
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41885
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-16927

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ArchLinuxanyanyxpdf< 4.02-1UNKNOWN

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

36.7%

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