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AlmaLinux 9 : poppler (ALSA-2022:8151)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167977

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:8151 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://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8151.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167977

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-8151.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

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:alma:linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-utils, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:poppler-cpp-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27337

CWE: 1173