CVE-2013-4472

NameCVE-2013-4472
DescriptionThe openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.26.5-2+deb8u16vulnerable
stretch (security)0.48.0-2+deb9u4vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch0.48.0-2+deb9u6vulnerable
buster0.71.0-5vulnerable
buster (security)0.71.0-5+deb10u3vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1vulnerable
trixie, bookworm22.12.0-2vulnerable
sid22.12.0-2.2vulnerable
xpdf (PTS)jessie3.03-17vulnerable
stretch3.04-4vulnerable
buster3.04-13vulnerable
bullseye3.04+git20210103-3vulnerable
bookworm3.04+git20220601-1vulnerable
sid, trixie3.04+git20240202-1vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
popplersource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant
xpdfsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

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