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Scientific Linux Security Update : poppler on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)

🗓️ 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Scientific Linux Security Update: poppler library heap-buffer overflow vulnerabilit

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(95855);
  script_version("3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8868");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : poppler on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Security Fix(es) :

  - A heap-buffer overflow was found in the poppler library.
    An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would
    cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to
    crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when
    opened. (CVE-2015-8868)

Additional Changes :");
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1612&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=10803
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a61cbde5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-8868");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-cpp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-cpp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-demos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-glib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-glib-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-qt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-qt-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:poppler-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-cpp-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-cpp-devel-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-debuginfo-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-demos-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-devel-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-glib-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-glib-devel-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-qt-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-qt-devel-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"poppler-utils-0.26.5-16.el7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "poppler / poppler-cpp / poppler-cpp-devel / poppler-debuginfo / etc");
}

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