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Amazon Linux AMI : poppler (ALAS-2023-1852)
high Nessus Plugin ID 182718
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
The version of poppler installed on the remote host is prior to 0.26.5-43.27. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1852 advisory.- Uncontrolled Recursion in pdfinfo, and pdftops in poppler 0.89.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input. (CVE-2020-23804)
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 poppler' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1852.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 182718
File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1852.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/6/2023
Updated: 10/9/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-23804
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:amazon:linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-utils, cpe:/o:amazon:linux
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: 9/27/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-23804