RHEL 4 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2009:1512)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42164

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kdegraphics.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2009:1512 advisory.

- xpdf: multiple integer overflows (CVE-2009-0791)

- xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap integer overflow (CVE-2009-1188)

- xpdf/poppler: Splash::drawImage integer overflow and missing allocation return value check (CVE-2009-3604)

- xpdf/poppler: integer overflow in ObjectStream::ObjectStream (oCERT-2009-016) (CVE-2009-3608)

- xpdf/poppler: ImageStream::ImageStream integer overflow (CVE-2009-3609)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kdegraphics package based on the guidance in RHSA-2009:1512.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?16f607e5

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495907

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526637

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526893

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526911

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1512

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42164

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1512.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2009

Updated: 4/24/2024

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: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3609

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdegraphics, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdegraphics-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux: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: 4/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2009:1512