SUSE SLES11 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2018:1691-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110545

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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 :

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

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

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 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-poppler-13653=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-poppler-13653=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-poppler-13653=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110545

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1691-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/15/2018

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:libpoppler-glib4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-qt4, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:poppler-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler5

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: 6/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000456, CVE-2017-14977, CVE-2017-15565

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