Detections
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Fedora 9 : poppler-0.8.1-2.fc9 (2008-7012)
high Nessus Plugin ID 34172
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Security fix: Add upstream patch for CVE-2008-2950 / oCERT-2008-007 - use of an uninitialized pointer to call free() in Page::~Page (#454277) http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html Bug fixes: Fix crash when reading QuadPoints (#448516) Use static FT_Library in CairoOutputDev, as dynamic may trigger use-after-free and crash e.g. evince (#456867)Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected poppler package.See Also
http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 34172
File Name: fedora_2008-7012.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 9/12/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:fedoraproject:fedora:poppler, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2950