CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
96.2%
‘infamous41md’ and Chris Evans discovered several heap based buffer overflows in xpdf which are also present in pdftohtml, a utility that translates PDF documents into HTML format, and which can lead to a denial of service by crashing the application or possibly to the execution of arbitrary code.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-962. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(22828);
script_version("1.15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3191", "CVE-2005-3192", "CVE-2005-3193", "CVE-2005-3624", "CVE-2005-3625", "CVE-2005-3626", "CVE-2005-3627", "CVE-2005-3628");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"962");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-962-1 : pdftohtml - buffer overflows");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"'infamous41md' and Chris Evans discovered several heap based buffer
overflows in xpdf which are also present in pdftohtml, a utility that
translates PDF documents into HTML format, and which can lead to a
denial of service by crashing the application or possibly to the
execution of arbitrary code."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the pdftohtml package.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain pdftohtml
packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.36-11sarge1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdftohtml");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/02/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/10/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/12/05");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"pdftohtml", reference:"0.36-11sarge1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3191
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3192
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3193
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3624
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3625
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3626
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3627
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3628
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962