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Debian DLA-3548-1 : qpdf - LTS security update

2023-08-3000:00:00
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debian 10
qpdf
lts security update
denial of service
remote attackers
arbitrary code
crafted pdf files
vulnerabilities

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3548 advisory.

  • In QPDF 8.2.1, in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc, QPDFWriter::unparseObject and QPDFWriter::unparseChild have recursive calls for a long time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. (CVE-2018-18020)

  • An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf. (CVE-2021-25786)

  • QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails. (CVE-2021-36978)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3548. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(180269);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18020", "CVE-2021-25786", "CVE-2021-36978");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-3548-1 : qpdf - LTS security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dla-3548 advisory.

  - In QPDF 8.2.1, in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc, QPDFWriter::unparseObject and QPDFWriter::unparseChild have
    recursive calls for a long time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted
    PDF file. (CVE-2018-18020)

  - An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
    crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf. (CVE-2021-25786)

  - QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in
    Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream
    write fails. (CVE-2021-36978)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/qpdf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3548");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18020");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-25786");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-36978");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/qpdf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the qpdf packages.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 8.4.0-2+deb10u1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-36978");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-25786");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libqpdf-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libqpdf21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qpdf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libqpdf-dev', 'reference': '8.4.0-2+deb10u1'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libqpdf21', 'reference': '8.4.0-2+deb10u1'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'qpdf', 'reference': '8.4.0-2+deb10u1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libqpdf-dev / libqpdf21 / qpdf');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxlibqpdf-devp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libqpdf-dev
debiandebian_linuxlibqpdf21p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libqpdf21
debiandebian_linuxqpdfp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qpdf
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0