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RHEL 5 : poppler (RHSA-2009:1504)
high Nessus Plugin ID 42163
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated poppler packages that fix multiple security issues and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in poppler. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)
Red Hat would like to thank Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.
This update also corrects a regression introduced in the previous poppler security update, RHSA-2009:0480, that prevented poppler from rendering certain PDF documents correctly. (BZ#528147)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected poppler, poppler-devel and / or poppler-utils packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3603
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3608
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 42163
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1504.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/16/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3607, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609