SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qpdf (SUSE-SU-2018:3066-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117993

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for qpdf fixes the following issues :

qpdf was updated to 7.1.1.

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2017-11627: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050577).

CVE-2017-11625: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050579).

CVE-2017-11626: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050578).

CVE-2017-11624: A stack-consumption vulnerability which allows attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1050581).

CVE-2017-12595: Stack overflow when processing deeply nested arrays and dictionaries (bsc#1055960).

CVE-2017-9209: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040312).

CVE-2017-9210: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040313).

CVE-2017-9208: Remote attackers can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1040311).

- Check release notes for detailed bug fixes.

- http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html#ref.release-notes

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 OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-2169=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2169=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-2169=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117993

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3066-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2018

Updated: 7/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-12595

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:cups-filters-cups-browsed, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqpdf18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qpdf, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qpdf-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-ghostscript-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-cups-browsed-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-foomatic-rip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-foomatic-rip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qpdf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqpdf18-debuginfo

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: 10/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11624, CVE-2017-11625, CVE-2017-11626, CVE-2017-11627, CVE-2017-12595, CVE-2017-9208, CVE-2017-9209, CVE-2017-9210

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