Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-38349
CWE-ID CWE-617
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

poppler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Reachable Assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU82600

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-2022-38349

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    poppler-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-cpp-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-glib-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-glib-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-cpp-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-cpp-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-utils-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-debugsource-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-glib-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    poppler-utils-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

noarch:
    poppler-glib-doc-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.noarch

src:
    poppler-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    poppler-cpp-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-glib-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-utils-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-utils-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-glib-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    poppler-debugsource-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

poppler: before 22.08.0-3

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-340.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.



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