SUSE SLED12 Security Update : podofo (SUSE-SU-2019:1849-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126739

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for podofo fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2017-8054: Fixed a vulnerability in PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray function which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service (bsc#1035596).

CVE-2018-5783: Fixed an uncontrolled memory allocation in PdfVecObjects::Reserve function (bsc#1076962).

CVE-2018-11255: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in PdfPage::GetPageNumber() function which could lead to Denial of Service (bsc#1096890).

CVE-2018-20751: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in crop_page function (bsc#1124357).

CVE-2018-12982: Fixed an invalid memory read in PdfVariant::DelayedLoad() function which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service (bsc#1099720).

Fixed a buffer overflow in TestEncrypt function.

Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in PdfTranslator-setTarget function.

Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow PdfVariant:DelayedLoad function.

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 Workstation Extension 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2019-1849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1849=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126739

File Name: suse_SU-2019-1849-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2019

Updated: 5/9/2024

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-2018-20751

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:libpodofo0_9_2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpodofo0_9_2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:podofo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:podofo-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 7/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8054, CVE-2018-11255, CVE-2018-12982, CVE-2018-20751, CVE-2018-5783

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