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GLSA-201804-03 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 108924

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-03 (Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF, could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/poppler-0.61.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108924

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201804-03.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/10/2018

Updated: 11/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000456

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:poppler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000456, CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14976, CVE-2017-14977

GLSA: 201804-03