Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU20888

Risk: High

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:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21009

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in Parser::makeStream() function in Parser.cc. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger integer 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-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.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-2020-1398.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU19598

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10871

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice in PSOutputDev.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.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-2020-1398.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

3) Access of Uninitialized Pointer

EUVDB-ID: #VU29244

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11459

CWE-ID: CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due tothe TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented() function called from tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the backend/tiff/tiff-document.c in GNOME Evince returns uninitialized memory instead of false, when failing to read an image. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.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-2020-1398.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

4) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU19596

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12293

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init() function in JPEG2000Stream.cc via data with inconsistent heights or widths. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.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-2020-1398.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

5) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU19570

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9959

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the "JPXStream::init" function, caused by a failure to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it to an undersized memory buffer. A remote attacker can supply crafted data to the system, trigger integer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the targeted system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-42.20.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-42.20.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-2020-1398.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	5
CVE-ID	CVE-2018-21009 CVE-2019-10871 CVE-2019-11459 CVE-2019-12293 CVE-2019-9959
CWE-ID	CWE-190 CWE-125 CWE-824
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Amazon Web Services