Poppler < 0.79 Integer Overflow Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127052

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Synopsis

A package installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Poppler installed on the remote host is 0.79. It is, therefore, affected by an integer overflow vulnerability. The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to a patched version of Poppler once it is available.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127052

File Name: poppler_0_79.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix macosx

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/26/2019

Updated: 9/19/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:freedesktop:poppler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9959

BID: 109342

IAVB: 2019-B-0064-S

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