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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : poppler regression (USN-6508-2)

info Nessus Plugin ID 186358

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6508-2 advisory.

 USN-6508-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The update introduced one minor regression in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.

 Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF

 files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a

 specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this

 issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04

 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23804)

 It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF

 files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a

 specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this

 issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051,

 CVE-2022-37052, CVE-2022-38349)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6508-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 186358

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6508-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler73, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-poppler-0.18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-private-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp0v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

USN: 6508-2