SB2023103148 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler

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SB2023103148 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler

Published: October 31, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023103148
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) 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.


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-2022-37052)

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References