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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : evince Vulnerability (NS-SA-2022-0086)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167456

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has evince packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A flaw was found in Poppler in the way certain PDF files were converted into HTML. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by the 'pdftohtml' program, would crash the application causing a denial of service. (CVE-2020-27778)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL evince packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2022-0086

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-27778

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167456

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2022-0086_evince.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2022

Updated: 10/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:evince, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:evince-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:evince-nautilus, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27778