CVE-2006-0746

Description

Certain patches for kpdf do not include all relevant patches from xpdf that were associated with CVE-2005-3627, which allows context-dependent attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that were present in CVE-2005-3627.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.38% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0262.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1008	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:054	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427299/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/19190	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19264	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19189	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17039	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25146	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11441	vdb entry signature
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/566	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015751	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0746?: CVE-2006-0746 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0746?: To fix CVE-2006-0746, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0746 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-0746 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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