CVE-2005-3625

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."

Score

CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2005-12-31

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Linux (Conectiva)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Cups (Easy Software Products)
• Linux (Gentoo)
• Kdegraphics (Kde)
• Koffice (Kde)
• Kpdf (Kde)
• Kword (Kde)
• Libextractor (Libextractor)
• Mandrake Linux (Mandrakesoft)
• Mandrake Linux Corporate Server (Mandrakesoft)
• Poppler (Poppler)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
• Fedora Core (Redhat)
• Linux (Redhat)
• Linux Advanced Workstation (Redhat)
• Openserver (Sco)
• Propack (Sgi)
• Slackware Linux (Slackware)
• Suse Linux (Suse)
• Tetex (Tetex)
• Secure Linux (Trustix)
• Turbolinux (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Appliance Server (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Desktop (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Home (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Multimedia (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Personal (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Server (Turbolinux)
• Turbolinux Workstation (Turbolinux)
• Ubuntu Linux (Ubuntu)
• Xpdf (Xpdf)

References

• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html
• http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18147
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18303
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18312
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18313
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18329
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18332
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18334
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18335
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18338
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18349
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18373
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18375
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18380
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18385
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18387
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18389
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18398
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18407
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18414
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18416
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18425
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18428