KDE kpdf Xpdf Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA17920
Release Date: 2005-12-07
Last Update: 2006-03-10
Popularity: 9,318 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:KDE 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3191
CVE-2005-3192
CVE-2005-3193
CVE-2005-3624
CVE-2005-3625
CVE-2005-3626
CVE-2005-3627
CVE-2006-0746


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in KDE kpdf, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version of Xpdf.

For more information:
SA17897
SA18303

The vulnerabilities have been reported in kpdf included with KDE versions 3.2.0 through 3.5.0.

Solution:
Apply patches.

KDE 3.5.0:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_pa...-3.5.0-kdegraphics-CAN-2005-3193.diff
17ea076e986be5e26a4feea3cd264f7e

KDE 3.4.3:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_pa...-3.4.3-kdegraphics-CAN-2005-3193.diff
e8dde74416769d4589dcca25072aea3e

KDE 3.3.2:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_pa...-3.3.2-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0746.diff
ea346b89a3b39915abbfd56841b9df23

KDE 3.2.3:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_pa...-3.2.3-kdegraphics-CAN-2005-3193.diff
51ae90242b7e65ba34c704b38c91cfbe

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Marcelo Ricardo Leitner for reporting the incomplete patch.

Changelog:
2005-12-08: Vendor released patches. Updated "Solution Status", "Description", "Solution", and "Original Advisory " sections.
2006-01-04: Vendor released new patches. The previous patch is reportedly incomplete.
2006-01-05: Updated "Description" and "Other References" sections.
2006-01-06: Updated "Impact" and "Description" sections.
2006-03-08: Updated "Solution Status", "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2006-03-10: Vendor issues new patch for KDE 3.3.2. Previous patch did not completely fix the vulnerability in version 3.3.2.

Original Advisory:
KDE:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-1.txt
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051207-2.txt
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060310-1.txt

Red Hat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184308

Other References:
SA17897:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17897/

SA18303:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18303/


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