Poppler Memory Allocation Bug in 'Page.cc' Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020435
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020435
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2950
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 8 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 0.8.4 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Poppler. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted PDF file that, when processed by the target application, will trigger a memory allocation
error in the Page class constructor/destructor and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges
of the target application.
The vulnerability resides in 'poppler/Page.cc'.
The vendor was notified on June 28, 2008.
Felipe
Andres Manzano reported this vulnerability.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
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Impact: A remote user can create a PDF file that, when processed by the target application, will execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
The vendor plans to issue a fix at the end of July 2008.
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Vendor URL: poppler.freedesktop.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Reported By: Andrea Barisani <lcars@ocert.org>
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:06:53 +0000
From: Andrea Barisani <lcars@ocert.org>
Subject: [oCERT-2008-007] libpoppler uninitialized pointer
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2008/07/07 #2008-007 libpoppler uninitialized pointer
Description:
The poppler PDF rendering library suffers a memory management bug which leads
to arbitrary code execution.
The vulnerability is present in the Page class constructor/destructor. The
pageWidgets object is not initialized in the Page constructor if specific
conditions are met, but it is deleted afterwards in the destructor regardless
of its initialization.
Specific PDF files can be crafted which allocate arbitrary memory to trigger
the vulnerability.
A new poppler version addressing the issue is scheduled to be released on
July 30th according to maintainer.
The following patch fixes the issue:
diff --git a/poppler/Page.cc b/poppler/Page.cc
index b28a3ee..72a706b 100644
--- a/poppler/Page.cc
+++ b/poppler/Page.cc
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ GBool PageAttrs::readBox(Dict *dict, char *key, PDFRectangle *box) {
Page::Page(XRef *xrefA, int numA, Dict *pageDict, PageAttrs *attrsA, Form *form) {
Object tmp;
-
+ pageWidgets = NULL; //Security fix
ok = gTrue;
xref = xrefA;
num = numA;
Affected version:
poppler <= 0.8.4
Fixed version:
poppler, N/A
Credit: vulnerability report, patch and PoC code received from Felipe Andres
Manzano <fmanzano [at] fceia [dot] unr [dot] edu [dot] ar>.
CVE: CVE-2008-2950
Timeline:
2008-06-27: vulnerability report received
2008-06-28: contacted poppler maintainers and affected vendors
2008-06-30: maintainer confirms issue and patch
2008-07-07: advisory release
References:
Links:
http://poppler.freedesktop.org
Permalink:
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
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oCERT | Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team
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