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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2950

Original release date:07/07/2008
Last revised:11/27/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The Page destructor in Page.cc in libpoppler in Poppler 0.8.4 and earlier deletes a pageWidgets object even if it is not initialized by a Page constructor, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/08/2008)
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, or other PDF parsing applications derived from the xpdf code as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7104
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html
External Source: XF
Name: poppler-page-destructor-code-execution(43619)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43619
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2024
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-631-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020435
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
External Source: BID
Name: 30107
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080709 rPSA-2008-0223-1 poppler
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080707 [oCERT-2008-007] libpoppler uninitialized pointer
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
Hyperlink:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 6032
Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6032
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:146
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3977
Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200807-04
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31405
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31267
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31167
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31002
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30963
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:015
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2950