Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6239

high Nessus Plugin ID 230841

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- A flaw was found in the Poppler's Pdfinfo utility. This issue occurs when using -dests parameter with pdfinfo utility. By using certain malformed input files, an attacker could cause the utility to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6239)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 230841

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_6239.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6239

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