An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02791-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-50420: Fixed Denial of Service in pdfseparate utility (bsc#1247590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02790-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-50420: Fixed Denial of Service in pdfseparate utility (bsc#1247590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02789-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-50420: Fixed Denial of Service in pdfseparate utility (bsc#1247590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:02788-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-50420: Fixed Denial of Service in pdfseparate utility (bsc#1247590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988617 advisory.

    An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite     recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7708-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0661 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-50420:
    An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite     recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite     recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS). (CVE-2025-50420)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
278709	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2025:02791-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
278701	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2025:02790-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
278694	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2025:02789-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
278688	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2025:02788-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
272103	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: poppler (UTSA-2025-988617)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
253508	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : poppler vulnerability (USN-7708-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
253465	TencentOS Server 4: poppler (TSSA-2025:0661)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
253264	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-50420	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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