The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-03 (Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF,       could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified       impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the poppler PDF rendering library, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is processed.

This update also fixes a regression in the handling of Type 3 fonts.

This update for poppler fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-14517: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the     XRef::parseEntry() function via a crafted PDF document     (bsc#1059066).

  - CVE-2017-9865: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow     vulnerability in GfxState.cc that would have allowed     attackers to facilitate a denial-of-service attack via     specially crafted PDF documents. (bsc#1045939)

  - CVE-2017-14518: Remedy a floating point exception in     isImageInterpolationRequired() that could have been     exploited using a specially crafted PDF document.
    (bsc#1059101)

  - CVE-2017-14520: Remedy a floating point exception in     Splash::scaleImageYuXd() that could have been exploited     using a specially crafted PDF document. (bsc#1059155)

  - CVE-2017-14617: Fixed a floating point exception in     Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when     handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1060220)

  - CVE-2017-14928: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in     AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration() in     Annot.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when     handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1061092)

  - CVE-2017-14975: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference     vulnerability, that existed because a data structure in     FoFiType1C.cc was not initialized, which allowed an     attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
    (bsc#1061263)

  - CVE-2017-14976: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read     vulnerability in FoFiType1C.cc that occurred when an     out-of-bounds font dictionary index was encountered,     which allowed an attacker to launch a denial of service     attack. (bsc#1061264)

  - CVE-2017-14977: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference     vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock()     function in FoFiTrueType.cc that occurred due to lack of     validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker     to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061265)

  - CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the     GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted     PDF document (bsc#1064593).

  - CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in     TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent     calculations (bsc#1074453).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Security fix for CVE-2017-1000456.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for poppler fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-14517: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the     XRef::parseEntry() function via a crafted PDF document     (bsc#1059066).

  - CVE-2017-9865: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow     vulnerability in GfxState.cc that would have allowed     attackers to facilitate a denial-of-service attack via     specially crafted PDF documents. (bsc#1045939)

  - CVE-2017-14518: Remedy a floating point exception in     isImageInterpolationRequired() that could have been     exploited using a specially crafted PDF document.
    (bsc#1059101)

  - CVE-2017-14520: Remedy a floating point exception in     Splash::scaleImageYuXd() that could have been exploited     using a specially crafted PDF document. (bsc#1059155)

  - CVE-2017-14617: Fixed a floating point exception in     Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when     handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1060220)

  - CVE-2017-14928: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in     AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration() in     Annot.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when     handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1061092)

  - CVE-2017-14975: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference     vulnerability, that existed because a data structure in     FoFiType1C.cc was not initialized, which allowed an     attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
    (bsc#1061263)

  - CVE-2017-14976: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read     vulnerability in FoFiType1C.cc that occurred when an     out-of-bounds font dictionary index was encountered,     which allowed an attacker to launch a denial of service     attack. (bsc#1061264)

  - CVE-2017-14977: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference     vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock()     function in FoFiTrueType.cc that occurred due to lack of     validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker     to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061265)

  - CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the     GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted     PDF document (bsc#1064593).

  - CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in     TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent     calculations (bsc#1074453).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the poppler packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate     boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in     subsequent calculations.(CVE-2017-1000456)

  - An issue was discovered in Poppler through 0.78.0.
    There is a divide-by-zero error in the function     SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill at     SplashOutputDev.cc.(CVE-2019-14494)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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

  - freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow     in subsequent calculations. (CVE-2017-1000456)

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3517-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were     tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could execute arbitrary. (CVE-2017-1000456)

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were     tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2017-14976)

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

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

According to the version of the poppler packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate     boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in     subsequent calculations.(CVE-2017-1000456)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for poppler fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-14977: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference     vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock()     function in FoFiTrueType.cc that occurred due to lack of     validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker     to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061265)

  - CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in     TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent     calculations (bsc#1074453)

  - CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the     GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted     PDF document (bsc#1064593)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Jason Crain discovered a overflow vulnerability in the poppler PDF rendering library.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in poppler version 0.18.4-6+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your poppler packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
108924	GLSA-201804-03 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	4/10/2018	11/12/2024	high
106321	Debian DSA-4097-1 : poppler - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/25/2018	10/31/2025	high
110592	openSUSE Security Update : poppler (openSUSE-2018-648)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/18/2018	9/17/2024	high
106021	Fedora 27 : poppler (2018-048468d7a8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	11/3/2025	high
110512	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2018	9/20/2024	high
140873	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : poppler (EulerOS-SA-2020-2106)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	9/28/2020	2/19/2024	high
220362	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-1000456	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/3/2025	high
105650	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3517-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	1/8/2018	9/3/2025	high
142126	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : poppler (EulerOS-SA-2020-2295)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	10/30/2020	2/13/2024	high
142232	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : poppler (EulerOS-SA-2020-2386)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/3/2020	2/12/2024	high
110545	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2018:1691-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/15/2018	9/20/2024	high
105709	Fedora 26 : poppler (2018-20ba39cba9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/10/2018	11/6/2025	high
105518	Debian DLA-1228-1 : poppler security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/4/2018	11/10/2025	high

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