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Amazon Linux AMI : poppler (ALAS-2016-769)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94975

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Synopsis

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

Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the poppler library. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use poppler to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened.

Solution

Run 'yum update poppler' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-769.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94975

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-769.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8868

ALAS: 2016-769