CentOS 8 : poppler (CESA-2022:7594)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167190

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:7594 advisory.

 - poppler: A logic error in the Hints::Hints function can cause denial of service (CVE-2022-27337)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7594

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167190

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-7594.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2022

Updated: 11/9/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:8-stream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27337

RHSA: 2022:7594