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CVE-2005-2097

Published: Aug 16, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2097
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KpdfKde**
XpdfXpdf3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
XpdfXpdf3.0_pl2 (including)3.0_pl2 (including)
XpdfXpdf3.0_pl3 (including)3.0_pl3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatcups-1:1.1.17-13.3.31*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatxpdf-1:3.00-11.8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkdegraphics-7:3.3.1-3.4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatcups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatgpdf-0:2.8.2-4.4*
CupsUbuntudevel*
CupsUbuntuintrepid*
CupsUbuntujaunty*
CupsUbuntukarmic*
CupsysUbuntugutsy*
CupsysUbuntuhardy*
GpdfUbuntudapper*
GpdfUbuntuedgy*
PopplerUbuntudapper*
PopplerUbuntudevel*
PopplerUbuntuedgy*
PopplerUbuntufeisty*
PopplerUbuntugutsy*
PopplerUbuntuhardy*
PopplerUbuntuintrepid*
PopplerUbuntujaunty*
PopplerUbuntukarmic*
XpdfUbuntudapper*
XpdfUbuntudevel*
XpdfUbuntuedgy*
XpdfUbuntufeisty*
XpdfUbuntugutsy*
XpdfUbuntuhardy*
XpdfUbuntuintrepid*
XpdfUbuntujaunty*
XpdfUbuntukarmic*

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