CVE-2005-2097

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    CVE-2005-2097

    Published: 16 Aug 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: xpdf 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17277, http://secunia.com/advisories/18398, http://secunia.com/advisories/18407, http://secunia.com/advisories/21339, http://secunia.com/advisories/25729, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:138, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280, https://usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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