Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-9543

high Nessus Plugin ID 223181

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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.

- An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.74.0. A recursive function call, in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() located in JBIG2Stream.cc, can be triggered by sending a crafted pdf file to (for example) the pdfseparate binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This is related to JArithmeticDecoder::decodeBit. (CVE-2019-9543)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 223181

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_9543.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9543

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-devel

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: 3/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9543

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