The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3350-1 advisory.

    Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images. If a user or automated     system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or     possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2017-2820)

    Jiaqi Peng discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents.
    If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause     poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7511)

    It was discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a     user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to     hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7515)

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images. If a user or automated system were     tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause cause poppler to crash, resulting in a     denial of service. (CVE-2017-9083)

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when processing PDF documents. If a user or     automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to consume     resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408)

    Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, and Suleman Ali discovered that the poppler pdftocairo tool incorrectly     parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted     PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9775)

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.

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

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc,     which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-9408)

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

- various flaws: CVE-2017-7515 CVE-2017-9775 CVE-2017-9776     CVE-2017-9865

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  - CVE-2017-9406 CVE-2017-9408 various memory leak flaws

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: Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-9775: DoS stack-based buffer overflow in     GfxState.cc in pdftocairo via a crafted PDF document     (bsc#1045719)

  - CVE-2017-9776: DoS integer overflow leading to heap     buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc via a crafted PDF     document (bsc#1045721)

  - CVE-2017-7515: Stack exhaustion due to infinite     recursive call in pdfunite (bsc#1043088)

  - CVE-2017-7511: NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite via     crafted documents (bsc#1041783)

  - CVE-2017-9406: Memory leak in the gmalloc function in     gmem.cc (bsc#1042803)

  - CVE-2017-9408: Memory leak in the Object::initArray     function (bsc#1042802)

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 :

  - poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to     NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by     specially crafted documents.(CVE-2017-7511)

  - poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an     uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into     potential denial-of-service.(CVE-2017-7515)

  - Poppler before 0.70.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in
    _poppler_attachment_new when called from     poppler_annot_file_attachment_get_attachment.(CVE-2018-     19149)

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was     found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows     attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted     file.(CVE-2017-9406)

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was     found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc,     which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via     a crafted file.(CVE-2017-9408)

  - The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and     earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream     length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making     it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the     heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as     demonstrated by pdftocairo.(CVE-2019-9959)

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 :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-9775: DoS stack-based buffer overflow in     GfxState.cc in pdftocairo via a crafted PDF document     (bsc#1045719)

  - CVE-2017-9776: DoS integer overflow leading to heap     buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc via a crafted PDF     document (bsc#1045721)

  - CVE-2017-7515: Stack exhaustion due to infinite     recursive call in pdfunite (bsc#1043088)

  - CVE-2017-7511: NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite via     crafted documents (bsc#1041783)

  - CVE-2017-9406: Memory leak in the gmalloc function in     gmem.cc (bsc#1042803)

  - CVE-2017-9408: Memory leak in the Object::initArray     function (bsc#1042802)

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

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

  - 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)

  - poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an     uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into     potential denial-of-service.(CVE-2017-7515)

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was     found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows     attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted     file.(CVE-2017-9406)

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was     found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc,     which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via     a crafted file.(CVE-2017-9408)

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.

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

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was     found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows     attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted     file.(CVE-2017-9406)

  - In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was     found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc,     which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via     a crafted file.(CVE-2017-9408)

  - The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc     in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related     to missing color-map validation in     ImageOutputDev.cc.(CVE-2017-9865)

  - In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in     the SplashOutputDev::type3D0() function in     SplashOutputDev.cc via a crafted PDF     document.(CVE-2017-14927)

  - 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 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: Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-9775: Fix a stack overflow bug in pdftocairo     that could have been exploited in a denial of service     attack through a specially crafted PDF document.
    (bsc#1045719)

  - CVE-2017-9776: Fix an integer overflow bug that could     have been exploited in a denial of service attack     through a specially crafted PDF document. (bsc#1045721)

  - CVE-2017-9408: Fix a memory leak that occurred when the     parser tried to recover from a broken input file.
    (bsc#1042802)

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.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201801-17 (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 execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
  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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
101354	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3350-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/10/2017	8/27/2024	high
221350	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9408	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/4/2025	medium
101633	Fedora 26 : poppler (2017-5112220e59)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	7/17/2017	1/6/2021	high
102070	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2017:1999-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/31/2017	1/6/2021	high
131652	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : poppler (EulerOS-SA-2019-2499)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/4/2019	4/8/2024	medium
101796	Fedora 25 : poppler (2017-7eaec3353d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	7/19/2017	1/6/2021	high
102217	openSUSE Security Update : poppler (openSUSE-2017-883)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/7/2017	1/19/2021	high
135554	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : poppler (EulerOS-SA-2020-1425)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/15/2020	3/18/2024	medium
146164	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : poppler (EulerOS-SA-2021-1225)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2/4/2021	1/23/2024	medium
102069	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : poppler (SUSE-SU-2017:1998-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/31/2017	1/6/2021	high
106116	GLSA-201801-17 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/18/2018	11/3/2025	high
105623	Debian DSA-4079-1 : poppler - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/8/2018	11/10/2025	high

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