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CVE-2008-1693

Publication date 18 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The CairoFont::create function in CairoFontEngine.cc in Poppler, possibly before 0.8.0, as used in Xpdf, Evince, ePDFview, KWord, and other applications, does not properly handle embedded fonts in PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font object, related to dereferencing a function pointer associated with the type of this font object.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gpdf 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
ipe 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
kdegraphics 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
koffice 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1:1.6.3-4ubuntu7
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1:1.6.3-0ubuntu5.2
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu1.3
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1:1.5.2-0ubuntu2.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1:1.5.0-0ubuntu9.4
libextractor 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
pdfkit.framework 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
pdftohtml 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
poppler 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.6.4-1ubuntu1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 0.6-0ubuntu2.2
7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.5.4-0ubuntu8.3
6.10 edgy
Fixed 0.5.4-0ubuntu4.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.4
tetex-bin 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
texlive-bin 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xpdf 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

kees

there are two issues -- the specific vulnerability in embedded fonts and the fact that the Object types are unchecked when calling union member functions.

fujitsu

libextractor isn't affected by the main CairoFont vulnerability.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-603-1
    • poppler vulnerability
    • 17 April 2008
    • USN-603-2
    • KOffice vulnerability
    • 17 April 2008

Other references