PT-2018-4030 · Foss · Xpdf

Chung-Chieh Shan · Published 2018-01-30 · Updated 2018-02-23 · CVE-2011-2902

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xpdf versions prior to 3.02-19 xpdf version 3.02-12+squeeze1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted .pdf.gz file name, due to insecure temporary file deletion in zxpdf.

Recommendations For xpdf versions prior to 3.02-19, update to version 3.02-19 or later. For xpdf version 3.02-12+squeeze1, consider upgrading to a newer version or applying security patches if available. At the moment, there is no information about additional mitigation measures for this specific issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2902

Affected Products

Xpdf

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2902 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2902 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2902 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2902 · Security Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=635849 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 · Note