PT-2023-24838 · Xpdf+1 · Xpdf+1

Jiahao Liu · Published 2023-06-27 · Updated 2024-08-08 · CVE-2023-3436

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xpdf version 4.04

Description The issue occurs when Xpdf 4.04 encounters a PDF object stream whose Length field is itself in another object stream, causing a deadlock.

Recommendations For Xpdf version 4.04, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version will deadlock on specific PDF object streams. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Locking

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-667

CWE-833

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-10474

ALT-PU-2024-10804

ALT-PU-2024-7465

CVE-2023-3436

MGASA-2024-0035

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Xpdf

References · 11

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3436 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0035.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3436 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3436 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3436 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3436 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2024-0035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?t=42618 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30812 · Note
• http://xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/65589 · Telegram Post