The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3440-1 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 cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14518,     CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14929, CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14977)

    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 17.04 and 16.04. (CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14928)

    Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali 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. (CVE-2017-9776)

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.

Security fix for CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14927 and CVE-2017-14928.

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14617

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14517, CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14519 and CVE-2017-14929.

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  - CVE-2017-14520 Floating point exception in     Splash::scaleImageYuXd

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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.

  - In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in AnnotRichMedia::Content::Content in Annot.cc via a     crafted PDF document. (CVE-2017-14926)

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

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 0.48.0-2+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your poppler packages.

For the detailed security status of poppler please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/poppler

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.

Security fix for CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14927 and CVE-2017-14928.

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14617

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14517, CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14519 and CVE-2017-14929.

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 fixes the following security vulnerabilities :

  - CVE-2017-14517

  - CVE-2017-14518

  - CVE-2017-14519 

  - CVE-2017-14617

  - CVE-2017-14926

  - CVE-2017-14927

  - CVE-2017-14928

  - CVE-2017-14929

  - CVE-2017-14975 and CVE-2017-14976

  - CVE-2017-14977

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.

Resolves: rhbz#1505731 rebuild for qt5 5.9.2

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14927 and CVE-2017-14928.

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14617

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Security fix for CVE-2017-14517, CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14519 and CVE-2017-14929.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
103731	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3440-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/9/2017	8/27/2024	high
104345	Fedora 25 : poppler (2017-805d9423f8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/2/2017	1/6/2021	high
220833	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-14926	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
142619	Debian DLA-2440-1 : poppler security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	11/9/2020	2/9/2024	high
105805	Fedora 27 : poppler (2017-025ff38ac9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	1/11/2021	high
104153	Fedora 25 : mingw-poppler (2017-6127ddb036)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	10/26/2017	1/6/2021	high
104155	Fedora 26 : mingw-poppler (2017-a0ffdf1fbd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	10/26/2017	1/6/2021	high
104445	Fedora 26 : poppler (2017-51ff8fe326)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/8/2017	1/6/2021	high

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