poppler Page class constructor/destructor code execution
| poppler-page-destructor-code-execution (43619) |  High Risk |
Description:
poppler could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the deletion of an uninitialized pageWidgets object in the Page class constructor/destructor. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could invoke a call to an address during the deletion of the object and execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- Poppler, Poppler 0.8.4 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of poppler (0.8.5 or later), available from the poppler Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- oCERT Advisories #2008-007, libpoppler uninitialized pointer at http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html.
- poppler Web site, poppler at http://poppler.freedesktop.org/.
- BID-30107: Poppler PDF Rendering Library Page Class Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2950: 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.
- GLSA-200807-04: Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
- MDVSA-2008:146: Updated poppler packages fix arbitrary code execution vulnerability
- SA30963: Poppler "pageWidgets" Uninitialized Memory Access
- SECTRACK ID: 1020435: Poppler Memory Allocation Bug in 'Page.cc' Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2008:015: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-631-1: poppler vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2024: Poppler Uninitialized pageWidgets Object Code Execution Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 07, 2008
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