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Rocky Linux 8 : poppler (RLSA-2022:7594)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167789

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:7594 advisory.

 - A logic error in the Hints::Hints function of Poppler v22.03.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. (CVE-2022-27337)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2087190

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2096452

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7594

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167789

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-7594.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-glib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-cpp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:poppler-qt5-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27337