QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

The version of qpdf installed on the remote host is prior to 5.0.1-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2099 advisory.

    QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
    (CVE-2022-34503)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2670-1 advisory.

  - QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in     Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream     write fails. (CVE-2021-36978)

  - QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
    (CVE-2022-34503)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2669-1 advisory.

  - QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in     Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream     write fails. (CVE-2021-36978)

  - QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
    (CVE-2022-34503)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
177848	Amazon Linux 2 : qpdf (ALAS-2023-2099)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
163880	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : qpdf (SUSE-SU-2022:2670-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
163874	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : qpdf (SUSE-SU-2022:2669-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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