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Redhat Security Update Fixes gpdf Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes gpdf Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1374
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2097
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-11

Advisory Details

Description

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Technical Description

Redhat has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in GNOME pdf. This flaw is due to an error when verifying the validity of the "loca" table in PDF files, which could be exploited via a specially crafted PDF file to cause kpdf to consume all available disk space in "/tmp" when opened. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1372

ChangeLog

2005-08-11 : Initial release

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