CVE-2005-3625 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loops in Xpdf-based PDF parsers by providing malformed streams, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3625?
CVE-2005-3625 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 6 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3625?
It affects 33 products.
Products include Conectiva Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Easy Software Products Cups, Gentoo Linux, Kde Kdegraphics, Kde Koffice and 27 more.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3625?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2005-3625 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3625 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Conectiva Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3625, GHSA-jm8v-5wvv-cpmw.