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FreeBSD : poppler -- uninitialized pointer (bc20510f-4dd4-11dd-93e7-0211d880e350)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33471

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Felipe Andres Manzano reports :

The libpoppler pdf rendering library, can free uninitialized pointers, leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability results from memory management bugs in the Page class constructor/destructor.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?444f7058

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33471

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bc20510f4dd411dd93e70211d880e350.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/10/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:poppler, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2950

CWE: 94