CVE-2005-2097

NameCVE-2005-2097
Descriptionxpdf 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1136-1, DSA-780-1, DSA-936-1, DSA-982-1, DSA-984-1, DTSA-28-1
Debian Bugs322458, 322462, 324464, 334454

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cups (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.5-11+deb8u12fixed
stretch (security)2.2.1-8+deb9u8fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.2.1-8+deb9u12fixed
buster, buster (lts)2.2.10-6+deb10u11fixed
buster (security)2.2.10-6+deb10u10fixed
bullseye2.3.3op2-3+deb11u8fixed
bullseye (security)2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2.4.2-3+deb12u8fixed
sid, trixie2.4.10-2fixed
libextractor (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:1.3-2+deb8u5fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:1.3-4+deb9u4fixed
buster1:1.8-2+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:1.11-2fixed
bookworm1:1.11-7fixed
sid, trixie1:1.13-8fixed
poppler (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.26.5-2+deb8u16fixed
stretch (security)0.48.0-2+deb9u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch0.48.0-2+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid, trixie24.08.0-3fixed
xpdf (PTS)jessie3.03-17fixed
stretch3.04-4fixed
buster3.04-13fixed
bullseye3.04+git20210103-3fixed
bookworm3.04+git20220601-1fixed
sid, trixie3.04+git20240613-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cupssource(unstable)1.1.22-7324464
cupsyssourcewoody(not affected)
cupsyssource(unstable)1.1.22-7324464
gpdfsourcesarge2.8.2-1.2sarge5DSA-1136-1
gpdfsourceetch2.10.0-1+etch1DTSA-28-1
gpdfsource(unstable)2.10.0-4low334454
kdegraphicssourcewoody(not affected)DSA-780-1
kdegraphicssourcesarge4:3.3.2-2sarge1lowDSA-780-1322458
kdegraphicssource(unstable)4:3.4.2-1low322458
libextractorsourcesarge0.4.2-2sarge2DSA-936-1
libextractorsource(unstable)0.5.8-1medium
popplersource(unstable)0.4.0-1low
tetex-binsourcewoody(not affected)
tetex-binsourcesarge(not affected)
tetex-binsource(unstable)3.0-12
xpdfsourcesarge3.00-13.6DSA-984-1
xpdfsource(unstable)3.00-15low322462

Notes

[woody] - tetex-bin <not-affected> (pdftex doesn't include or use the vulnerable code)
tetex links to poppler since 3.0-12
[sarge] - tetex-bin <not-affected> (tetex2 uses an older version, which is not affected)
Cups switched to xpdf-utils
[woody] - cupsys <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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