Stack-based buffer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2013-4473

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc when processing a source filename. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4473

External References

• http://bugs.debian.org/723124
• http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93b
• http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWS
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56567
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63368
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434

Related Security Bulletins

• Stack-based buffer overflow in Freedesktop Poppler
• Stack-based buffer overflow in poppler (Alpine package)
• Gentoo update for Poppler