Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler

Published: 2025-02-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-27337 CVE-2023-34872
CWE-ID	CWE-20
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 information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU67054

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27337

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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 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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    poppler-glib-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-utils-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-cpp-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-glib-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-cpp-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-utils-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-glib-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-cpp-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    poppler-debugsource-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64

noarch:
    poppler-glib-doc-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.noarch

src:
    poppler-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.src

x86_64:
    poppler-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-utils-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-glib-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-glib-debuginfo-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-utils-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    poppler-debugsource-22.08.0-3.amzn2023.0.4.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-2023-371.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) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU78933