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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3350-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 101354
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2017-2820)Jiaqi Peng discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7511)
It was discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7515)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9083)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when processing PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408)
Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, and Suleman Ali discovered that the poppler pdftocairo tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9775).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 101354
File Name: ubuntu_USN-3350-1.nasl
Version: 3.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 7/10/2017
Updated: 10/20/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2820
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-private-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt4-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler44, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-poppler-0.18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp-dev
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-2820, CVE-2017-7511, CVE-2017-7515, CVE-2017-9083, CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408, CVE-2017-9775
USN: 3350-1