Vulnerability in Conectiva Linux
CVE-2005-3625
Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (90.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Conectiva Linux — versions 10.0
- Easy Software Products Cups — versions 1.1.22, 1.1.22_rc1, 1.1.23
- Gentoo Linux
- KDE Kdegraphics — versions 3.2, 3.4.3
- KDE Koffice — versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
- KDE Kpdf — versions 3.2, 3.4.3
- KDE Kword — versions 1.4.2
- Libextractor
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 10.1, 10.2, 2006
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server — versions 2.1, 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16143 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-932 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18349 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9575 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18147 (third-party-advisory)
- scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt (Exploit)
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18679 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18312 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18644 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)