Input validation error in Poppler - CVE-2023-34872

Vulnerability identifier: #VU78933

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34872

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 OutlineItem::open() function in Outline.cc. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Poppler
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
Fedora
libpoppler97 (Ubuntu package)
poppler-tools
libpoppler117
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-qt5-1
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler-qt6-3
libpoppler117-debuginfo
poppler-qt5-debugsource
libpoppler-cpp0
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
poppler-qt6-debugsource
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt6-devel
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-devel
poppler-debugsource
libpoppler117-32bit
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-64bit
libpoppler-glib8-64bit
libpoppler-glib8-32bit
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit
libpoppler-qt5-devel
libpoppler118 (Ubuntu package)
poppler
libpoppler126 (Ubuntu package)
libpoppler126-32bit
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo
libpoppler126-64bit
libpoppler126
libpoppler126-debuginfo
mingw-poppler
poppler-cpp
poppler-cpp-devel
poppler-devel
poppler-glib
poppler-glib-devel
poppler-qt5
poppler-qt5-devel
poppler-utils
poppler-doc
poppler-glib-doc

Install updates from vendor's website.

Poppler - update to 23.06.0
libpoppler97 (Ubuntu package) - update to 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.2
poppler-tools - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler117 - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-qt5-1 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-glib8 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-qt6-3 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler117-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
poppler-qt5-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
poppler-qt6-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
poppler-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-qt6-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
poppler-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler117-32bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler117-64bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler117-64bit - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
libpoppler-glib8-64bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-glib8-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler117-32bit-debuginfo - update to 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1
libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler-qt5-devel - addressed in versions 22.01.0-150400.3.16.1, 23.01.0-150500.3.5.1
libpoppler118 (Ubuntu package) - update to 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2
poppler - update to 22.08.0-3
poppler - addressed in versions 22.08.0-5.fc37, 23.02.0-3.fc38
libpoppler126 (Ubuntu package) - update to 22.12.0-2ubuntu1.1
libpoppler126-32bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler126-64bit - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler126 - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
libpoppler126-debuginfo - update to 23.01.0-150500.3.5.2
mingw-poppler - addressed in versions 23.02.0-2.fc38, 23.02.0-4.fc39
poppler - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-cpp - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-cpp-devel - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-devel - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-glib - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-glib-devel - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-qt5 - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-qt5-devel - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-utils - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-doc - update to 23.05.0-2
poppler-glib-doc - update to 23.05.0-2

• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/commit/591235c8b6c65a2eee88991b9ae73490fd9afdfe
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/-/issues/1399

• Denial of service in Poppler
• Ubuntu update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler
• Fedora 37 update for poppler
• Fedora 38 update for poppler
• Fedora 38 update for mingw-poppler
• Fedora 39 update for mingw-poppler
• Amazon Linux AMI update for poppler
• Anolis OS update for poppler