CVE-2005-2097
gpdf - multiple vulnerabilities
EPSS 0.07%
Description
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.
How to fix CVE-2005-2097
To remediate CVE-2005-2097, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cups—upgrade to 1.1.22-7 or later
- Debian/gpdf—upgrade to 2.10.0-1+etch1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8.2-1.2sarge5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8.2-1.2sarge4 or later
- —upgrade to 4:3.3.2-2sarge1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.4.2-2sarge2 or later
- —upgrade to 0.5.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.4.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.00-15 or later
- —upgrade to 3.00-13.6 or later
Is CVE-2005-2097 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (10)
- from 0, < 1.1.22-7
- from 0, < 2.10.0-1+etch1
- from 0, < 2.8.2-1.2sarge5
- from 0, < 2.8.2-1.2sarge4
- from 0, < 4:3.3.2-2sarge1
- from 0, < 0.4.2-2sarge2
- from 0, < 0.5.8-1
- from 0, < 0.4.0-1
- from 0, < 3.00-15
- from 0, < 3.00-13.6