Amazon Linux 2 : poppler (ALAS-2023-2075)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176938

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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 0.26.5-43. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2075 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)

- Poppler prior to and including 22.08.0 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIGStream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. This is similar to the vulnerability described by CVE-2022-38171 in Xpdf. (CVE-2022-38784)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176938

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2075.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/8/2023

Updated: 10/6/2023

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: 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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38784

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: 6/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27337, CVE-2022-38784

IAVB: 2022-B-0033-S, 2022-B-0039-S, 2022-B-0050-S

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