CVE-2011-2902 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2902?

CVE-2011-2902 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

zxpdf in xpdf before 3.02-19 as packaged in Debian unstable and 3.02-12+squeeze1 as packaged in Debian squeeze deletes temporary files insecurely, which allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted .pdf.gz file name.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2902?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Glyphandcog Xpdf.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2902?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2011-2902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2902, GHSA-jxxq-wvhh-fc53.