The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7227-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that PCL incorrectly handled certain malformed files. If a user or automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly exploit this 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.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : PCL vulnerability (USN-7227-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214563

Version 1.2