Amazon Linux 2 : poppler (ALAS-2020-1481)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139861

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of poppler installed on the remote host is prior to 0.26.5-42. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1481 advisory.

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice at PSOutputDev.cc. (CVE-2019-10871)

Poppler before 0.66.0 has an integer overflow in Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.(CVE-2018-21009)

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. (CVE-2019-9959)

In Poppler through 0.76.1, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init in JPEG2000Stream.cc via data with inconsistent heights or widths. (CVE-2019-12293)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update poppler' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1481.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-21009

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10871

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12293

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9959

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139861

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1481.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/26/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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-2019-12293

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:amazon:linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-glib-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-qt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-21009, CVE-2019-10871, CVE-2019-12293, CVE-2019-9959

BID: 109342, 107862, 108457

ALAS: 2020-1481