CVE-2005-2097 Denial of service in n/a
Low 2.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2097 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-2097 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2097 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2097/index.md)
Local attackers can cause denial of service via disk consumption and hangs by tricking users into opening malicious PDF files with broken loca tables.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2097?
CVE-2005-2097 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2097?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.31 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
gpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.8.2-4.4 |
gpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.8.2-4.4 |
kdegraphics Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 7:3.3.1-3.4 |
kdegraphics-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 7:3.3.1-3.4 |
kdegraphics-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 7:3.3.1-3.4 |
xpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:3.00-11.8 |
xpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:3.00-11.8 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
gpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.8.2-4.4 |
gpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.8.2-4.4 |
kdegraphics Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 7:3.3.1-3.4 |
kdegraphics-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 7:3.3.1-3.4 |
kdegraphics-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 7:3.3.1-3.4 |
xpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:3.00-11.8 |
xpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:3.00-11.8 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7 |
Products include Kde Kpdf, Xpdf Xpdf.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2097?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-2097 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2097 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2097, DSA-1136-1, DSA-780-1, GHSA-x6fq-2ggv-xgcv, RHSA-2005:670, RHSA-2005:671 and 2 more.