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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9083
medium Nessus Plugin ID 221516
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- poppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc. For example, the perf_test utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid PDF file. (CVE-2017-9083)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 221516
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_9083.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 9/4/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9083
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evince, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evince-dvi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evince-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evince-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-dvi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022-cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022-qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022-qt, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evince-browser-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evince-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-browser-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-9083