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Poppler <= 0.76.1 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 125638

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Synopsis

A package installed on the remote host is affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of Poppler installed on the remote host is prior or equal to 0.76.1. It is, therefore, affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to a flaw in the JPEG handling code. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted file, to cause a denial of service condition or execution of arbitrary code.

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

Solution

Upgrade to a patched version of Poppler once it is available.

See Also

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/768

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125638

File Name: poppler_0_761.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/31/2019

Updated: 9/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12293

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:freedesktop:poppler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12293

BID: 108457