Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : poppler regression (USN-4646-2)

info Nessus Plugin ID 143271

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4646-2 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4646-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 143271

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4646-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/26/2020

Updated: 10/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler73, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-poppler-0.18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp0v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-private-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt4-4

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2020

Reference Information

USN: 4646-2