SUSE SLES15: libpoppler-cpp0 / libpoppler-devel / libpoppler-glib-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182672

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1 advisory.

- CVE-2020-23804: Fixed uncontrolled recursion in pdfinfo and pdftops (bsc#1215422).
- CVE-2020-36024: Fixed NULL Pointer Deference in `FoFiType1C:convertToType1` (bsc#1214257).
- CVE-2022-37050: Fixed denial-of-service via savePageAs in PDFDoc.c (bsc#1214622).
- CVE-2022-37051: Fixed abort in main() in pdfunite.cc (bsc#1214621).
- CVE-2022-38349: Fixed reachable assertion in Object.h that will lead to denial of service (bsc#1214618).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182672

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3983-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-23804

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler73, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-glib8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-cpp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-poppler-0_18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:poppler-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpoppler-glib-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-23804, CVE-2020-36024, CVE-2022-37050, CVE-2022-37051, CVE-2022-38349

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3983-1

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