CVE-2009-3050 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186 http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/35780 http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/26/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/01/1