Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU67054
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27337
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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 Hints::Hints() function when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PDF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected package poppler to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsBasesystem Module: 15-SP4 - 15-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP4 - SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP4 - SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP3 - SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP4 - SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP4 - SP5
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2 - 4.3
SUSE Manager Server: 4.2 - 4.3
SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2 - 4.3
openSUSE Leap: 15.4
libpoppler-devel: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
poppler-tools: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler-glib8: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler-cpp0: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler-glib-devel: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
poppler-debugsource: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler89-32bit-debuginfo: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler89-32bit: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler89-debuginfo: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
libpoppler89: before 0.79.0-150200.3.11.1
CPE2.3http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20232941-1/
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.