Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2097
CVE-2005-2097
Description
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.
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References
22- secunia.com/advisories/17277nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18398nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18407nvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-936nvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txtnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21339nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25729nvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-780nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1136nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-670.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-671.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-706.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-708.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427053/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14529nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2280nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10280nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/163-1/nvd
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