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CVE-2005-3626 Detail

Current Description

Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FlateDecode stream that triggers a null dereference.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0177.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt Exploit 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.474747
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-931
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-937
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-938
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-940
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-950 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-961 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-962
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-02.xml Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-17.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:003
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:004
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:005
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:006
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:008
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:010
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:011
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:012
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00010.html Patch 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00011.html Patch 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00030.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00031.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0163.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143 Patch 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0047
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24026
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9992
https://usn.ubuntu.com/236-1/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3626
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/19/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.