PT-2008-6426 · Chm2Pdf · Chm2Pdf

Karol Lewandowski · Published 2008-12-01 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5298

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions chm2pdf version 0.9

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating directories with fixed names that chm2pdf uses for temporary files, leading to chm2pdf failure for other users.

Recommendations For version 0.9, consider restricting access to the directories where chm2pdf creates temporary files to prevent unauthorized users from creating these directories and causing a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5298

Affected Products

Chm2Pdf

References · 11

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5298 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5298 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32257 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43109 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47030 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31735 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813 · Note