Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler



Published: 2018-12-07
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2017-18267
CVE-2018-13988
CVE-2018-10768
CWE-ID CWE-674
CWE-120
CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Uncontrolled recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU12892

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18267

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc due to infinite recursion. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1110.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) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU14189

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13988

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality due to buffer overflow when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file, trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1110.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.

3) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU12893

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10768

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.i686

src:
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-glib-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-devel-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-utils-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64
    poppler-cpp-0.26.5-20.18.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1110.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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