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Amazon Linux 2 : qpdf (ALAS-2023-2104)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 177871
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of qpdf installed on the remote host is prior to 5.0.1-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2104 advisory.QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails. (CVE-2021-36978)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update qpdf' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2104.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 177871
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2104.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/1/2023
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36978
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qpdf-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qpdf-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qpdf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qpdf, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qpdf-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-36978