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)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177871

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2104.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2023

Updated: 7/1/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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

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