CVE-2005-3625
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Description
Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0001.html
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