Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1790 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
poppler/Stream.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors that trigger a read of uninitialized memory by the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar function.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1785-1.NASL description It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 65787 published 2013-04-03 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65787 title Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-1785-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1785-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(65787); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:29"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1788", "CVE-2013-1789", "CVE-2013-1790"); script_bugtraq_id(58198); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"1785-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-1785-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/1785-1/" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/04/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/04/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/04/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! preg(pattern:"^(8\.04|10\.04|11\.10|12\.04|12\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 8.04 / 10.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 / 12.10", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpoppler-glib2", pkgver:"0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libpoppler2", pkgver:"0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libpoppler-glib4", pkgver:"0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libpoppler5", pkgver:"0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"11.10", pkgname:"libpoppler-glib6", pkgver:"0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"11.10", pkgname:"libpoppler13", pkgver:"0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"libpoppler-glib8", pkgver:"0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"libpoppler19", pkgver:"0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.10", pkgname:"libpoppler-glib8", pkgver:"0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.10", pkgname:"libpoppler28", pkgver:"0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libpoppler-glib2 / libpoppler-glib4 / libpoppler-glib6 / etc"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201310-03.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-03 (Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70309 published 2013-10-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70309 title GLSA-201310-03 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-3473.NASL description This update fixes these security issues: CVE-2013-1788, CVE-2013-1789 and CVE-2013-1790. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-03-14 plugin id 65538 published 2013-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65538 title Fedora 18 : poppler-0.20.2-10.fc18 (2013-3473) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-3457.NASL description This update fixes these security issues: CVE-2013-1788 and CVE-2013-1790. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-03-14 plugin id 65536 published 2013-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65536 title Fedora 17 : poppler-0.18.4-4.fc17 (2013-3457) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2719.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the poppler PDF rendering library. - CVE-2013-1788 Multiple invalid memory access issues, which could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution if the user were tricked into opening a malformed PDF document. - CVE-2013-1790 An uninitialized memory issue, which could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution if the user were tricked into opening a malformed PDF document. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-07-11 plugin id 67236 published 2013-07-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67236 title Debian DSA-2719-1 : poppler - several vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_LIBPOPPLER-DEVEL-130326.NASL description This update of poppler fixes the following vulnerabilities : - Various invalid memory issues could be used by attackers supplying PDFs to crash the PDF viewer or potentially execute code. (CVE-2013-1788) - A crash in poppler could be used by attackers providing PDFs to crash the PDF viewer. (CVE-2013-1789) - An uninitialized memory read could be used by attackers providing PDFs to crash the PDF viewer. (CVE-2013-1790) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-04-03 plugin id 65784 published 2013-04-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65784 title SuSE 11.2 Security Update : poppler (SAT Patch Number 7560) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POPPLER-8523.NASL description This update of poppler fixes the following vulnerabilities : - Various invalid memory issues could be used by attackers supplying PDFs to crash the PDF viewer or potentially execute code. (CVE-2013-1788) - A crash in poppler could be used by attackers providing PDFs to crash the PDF viewer. (CVE-2013-1789) - An uninitialized memory read could be used by attackers providing PDFs to crash the PDF viewer. (CVE-2013-1790) This also fixes that transparent background in images are rendered black with evince. (bnc#745620). last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-04-03 plugin id 65785 published 2013-04-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65785 title SuSE 10 Security Update : poppler (ZYPP Patch Number 8523) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS11_GNOME_20130924.NASL description The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being tagged. (CVE-2007-4460) - poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger an last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80625 published 2015-01-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80625 title Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : gnome (cve_2007_4460_symlink_attack) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-143.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in poppler : poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger an invalid memory access in (1) splash/Splash.cc, (2) poppler/Function.cc, and (3) poppler/Stream.cc (CVE-2013-1788). poppler/Stream.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors that trigger a read of uninitialized memory by the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar function (CVE-2013-1790). The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66155 published 2013-04-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66155 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : poppler (MDVSA-2013:143)
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=b1026b5978c385328f2a15a2185c599a563edf91
- http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1507
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100081.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52846
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1785-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2719
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:143
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917111