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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Dompdf vulnerabilities (USN-6277-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179459

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6277-1 advisory.

 - DOMPDF before 0.6.2 allows Information Disclosure. (CVE-2014-5011)

 - DOMPDF before 0.6.2 allows denial of service. (CVE-2014-5012)

 - DOMPDF before 0.6.2 allows remote code execution, a related issue to CVE-2014-2383. (CVE-2014-5013)

 - External Control of File Name or Path in GitHub repository dompdf/dompdf prior to 2.0.0. (CVE-2022-2400)

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

Solution

Update the affected php-dompdf package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6277-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179459

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6277-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2023

Updated: 8/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-5013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-dompdf

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5011, CVE-2014-5012, CVE-2014-5013, CVE-2021-3838, CVE-2022-2400

USN: 6277-1