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Amazon Linux 2023 : poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-cpp-devel (ALAS2023-2024-741)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209991

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-741 advisory.

 A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6239)

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 'dnf update poppler --releasever 2023.6.20241028' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-6239.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-741.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209991

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-741.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2024

Updated: 10/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/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:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-cpp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-glib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:poppler-utils-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: 10/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6239

IAVB: 2024-B-0085