The 'qpdf' package(s) in Ubuntu 23.10 is missing an update announced via the USN-6713-1 advisory. QPDF handles memory operations incorrectly when decoding JSON files, leading to denial of service or potential execution of arbitrary code
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 29 |
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![]() | Fedora 39 : qpdf (2024-8762164e47) | 10 Mar 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 38 : qpdf (2024-daa7df59d6) | 10 Mar 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 23.10 : QPDF vulnerability (USN-6713-1) | 25 Mar 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-24246 | 5 Mar 202500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 40 : qpdf (2024-7d55be81bd) | 29 Apr 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 7 : qpdf (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 11 May 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Buffer Overflow | 6 Mar 202404:34 | – | veracode |
![]() | CVE-2024-24246 | 29 Feb 202400:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | [SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: qpdf-11.9.0-1.fc40 | 23 Mar 202400:45 | – | fedora |
![]() | [SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: qpdf-11.6.4-2.fc39 | 10 Mar 202401:07 | – | fedora |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6713-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2024.6713.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-24246");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-03-26 04:08:43 +0000 (Tue, 26 Mar 2024)");
script_version("2024-04-02T05:05:32+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-04-02 05:05:32 +0000 (Tue, 02 Apr 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-04-01 15:32:10 +0000 (Mon, 01 Apr 2024)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6713-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU23\.10");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-6713-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6713-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'qpdf' package(s) announced via the USN-6713-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when decoding JSON files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted JSON file, QPDF could be made to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'qpdf' package(s) on Ubuntu 23.10.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU23.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libqpdf29", ver:"11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU23.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"qpdf", ver:"11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU23.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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