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Poppler Invalid Tree Node Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23813
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Release Date:
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2007-01-19
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Popularity:
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6,543 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | Poppler 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0104
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Poppler, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of catalog dictionaries or page attributes that reference an invalid page tree node. This can be exploited to cause an infinite loop by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document.
Solution:
Fixed in the CVS repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in various PDF applications by LMH.
Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-06-01-2007.html
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