SB2023090211 - openEuler update for poppler 

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SB2023090211 - openEuler update for poppler

Published: September 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023090211
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 6
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 17% Low 83%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Uncontrolled recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-23804)

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

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in pdfinfo and pdftops. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted document to application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37050)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the PDFDoc::savePageAs() function in PDFDoc.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete patch for #VU16830 (CVE-2018-20662).


3) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37051)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in pdfunite.cc. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application.


4) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37052)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in Object::getString(). A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.


5) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38349)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the PDFDoc::replacePageDict() function in PDFDoc.cc. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file and crash the application.


6) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20662)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup when an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafter PDF file cause application crash by Object.h SIGABRT.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References