Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU16830
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20662
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 a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup when an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafter PDF file cause application crash by Object.h SIGABRT.
MitigationUpdate the affected package poppler to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
poppler-tools: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-qt4-4: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler60: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-glib8: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
poppler-debugsource: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-cpp0: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-glib-devel: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
libpoppler-devel: before 0.43.0-16.43.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234942-1/
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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.