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Oracle Linux 9 : poppler (ELSA-2022-8151)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168107

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-8151 advisory.

 - A logic error in the Hints::Hints function of Poppler v22.03.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. (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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-8151.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168107

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-8151.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2022

Updated: 10/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-qt5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:poppler-utils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27337