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CentOS 5 : poppler (CESA-2008:0239)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 43683
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated poppler packages that fix a security issue 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 PDF rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.
Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the way poppler displayed malformed fonts embedded in PDF files. 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-2008-1693)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve this issue.
Solution
Update the affected poppler packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 43683
File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0239.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/6/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1693
BID: 28830