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CVE-2020-35376:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Xpdf 4.02 contains a vulnerability (CVE-2020-35376) that was discovered in December 2020. The vulnerability allows stack consumption due to an incorrect subroutine reference in a Type 1C font charstring, specifically related to the FoFiType1C::getOp() function (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as an Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) issue (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability affects the availability of the system by allowing stack consumption, which could potentially lead to a denial of service condition (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was addressed in Xpdf version 4.03. Fedora released security updates for both Fedora 32 (xpdf-4.03-1.fc32) and Fedora 33 (xpdf-4.03-1.fc33) to fix this vulnerability (Fedora 32 Update, Fedora 33 Update).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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