Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-7296 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
freedesktop
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

The JBIG2Stream::readSegments method in JBIG2Stream.cc in Poppler before 0.24.5 does not use the correct specifier within a format string, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted PDF file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Freedesktop
124

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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-0156.NASL
    descriptionUse correct format string for a syntax error. 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-01-06
    plugin id71800
    published2014-01-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71800
    titleFedora 20 : poppler-0.24.3-3.fc20 (2014-0156)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-101.NASL
    descriptionpoppler was updated to fix a security issue : - Fix a DoS due to a format string error (bnc#859427 CVE-2013-7296)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id75245
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75245
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : poppler (openSUSE-SU-2014:0185-1)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201401-21.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-21 (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 in an application linked against Poppler, 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72076
    published2014-01-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72076
    titleGLSA-201401-21 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities