SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110512

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for poppler fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2017-14517: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the XRef::parseEntry() function via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1059066).

- CVE-2017-9865: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GfxState.cc that would have allowed attackers to facilitate a denial-of-service attack via specially crafted PDF documents. (bsc#1045939)

- CVE-2017-14518: Remedy a floating point exception in isImageInterpolationRequired() that could have been exploited using a specially crafted PDF document.
(bsc#1059101)

- CVE-2017-14520: Remedy a floating point exception in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() that could have been exploited using a specially crafted PDF document. (bsc#1059155)

- CVE-2017-14617: Fixed a floating point exception in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1060220)

- CVE-2017-14928: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration() in Annot.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1061092)

- CVE-2017-14975: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability, that existed because a data structure in FoFiType1C.cc was not initialized, which allowed an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
(bsc#1061263)

- CVE-2017-14976: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in FoFiType1C.cc that occurred when an out-of-bounds font dictionary index was encountered, which allowed an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061264)

- CVE-2017-14977: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock() function in FoFiTrueType.cc that occurred due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061265)

- CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1064593).

- CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent calculations (bsc#1074453).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1125=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1125=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1125=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110512

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1662-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2018

Updated: 9/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2017-15565

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:poppler-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler60-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-glib8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-qt4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:poppler-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:poppler-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:poppler-qt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler60

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000456, CVE-2017-14517, CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14928, CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14976, CVE-2017-14977, CVE-2017-15565, CVE-2017-9865

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