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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-962-1)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdftohtml' package(s) announced via the DSA-962-1 advisory

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56221");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3191", "CVE-2005-3192", "CVE-2005-3624", "CVE-2005-3625", "CVE-2005-3626", "CVE-2005-3627", "CVE-2005-3628");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:07:13 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-962-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-962-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-962-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-962");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdftohtml' package(s) announced via the DSA-962-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", 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.

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.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdftohtml package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'pdftohtml' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdftohtml", ver:"0.36-11sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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17 Jan 2008 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS210
EPSS0.27588
19
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