CVE-2005-3625 (NVD)

2005-12-31

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."

Products Linux, Debian_linux, Cups, Linux, Kdegraphics, Koffice, Kpdf, Kword, Libextractor, Mandrake_linux, Mandrake_linux_corporate_server, Poppler, Enterprise_linux, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Fedora_core, Linux, Linux_advanced_workstation, Openserver, Propack, Slackware_linux, Suse_linux, Tetex, Secure_linux, Turbolinux, Turbolinux_appliance_server, Turbolinux_desktop, Turbolinux_home, Turbolinux_multimedia, Turbolinux_personal, Turbolinux_server, Turbolinux_workstation, Ubuntu_linux, Xpdf
Type Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0160.html
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102972-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/18642