Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in XPDF v.4.04 allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service via the PDFDoc malloc in the pdftotext.cc function. NOTE: Vendor states “it's an expected abort on out-of-memory error.”
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2023-1089 xpdf: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Apr 26, 2023