PT-2020-15279 · Pdfresurrect+2 · Pdfresurrect+2

Yifengchen-Cc · Published 2020-11-20 · Updated 2022-06-03 · CVE-2020-20740

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PDFResurrect versions prior to 0.20

Description The issue is caused by a lack of header validation checks, leading to a heap-buffer-overflow in the pdf get version() function. This can occur due to improper validation of PDF headers.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.20, update to version 0.20 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the pdf get version() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-20740

DLA-2475-1

MGASA-2020-0449

USN-5282-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Pdfresurrect

Ubuntu

References · 27

• 🔥 https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/issues/14 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/snappyJack/pdfresurrect_CVE-2019-14267 · Exploit
• https://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/1b422459f07353adce2878806d5247d9e91fb397 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0449 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5282-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-20740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2475 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-20740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-20740 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2475-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOIEVFM3SIMAEOFJKKMYH2TLZ7PXLSUD · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20740 · Vendor Advisory