SB2023103151 - SUSE update for poppler
Published: October 31, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37050)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 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
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).
2) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37051)
CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
CVSSv4: 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
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.
3) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38349)
CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
CVSSv4: 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
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.