Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler

Published: 2016-11-18

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2015-8868
CWE-ID	CWE-122
Exploitation vector	Local
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU33071

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8868

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the ExponentialFunction::ExponentialFunction function in Poppler before 0.40.0. A remote attacker can use an invalid blend mode in the ExtGState dictionary in a crafted PDF document. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-devel-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-debuginfo-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-utils-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.22.5-6.16.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-769.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.