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.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

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

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.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - poppler: heap buffer overflow in ExponentialFunction (CVE-2015-8868)

  - poppler: recursive function call in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() in JBIG2Stream.cc causing denial of     service (CVE-2019-9543)

  - 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 has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - poppler: heap buffer overflow in ExponentialFunction (CVE-2015-8868)

  - poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in function downsample_row_box_filter in CairoRescaleBox.cc     (CVE-2019-9631)

  - DCTStream.cc in Poppler before 0.13.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a     crafted PDF file. (CVE-2010-5110)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - poppler: recursive function call in JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap() in JBIG2Stream.cc causing denial of     service (CVE-2019-9543)

  - DCTStream.cc in Poppler before 0.13.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a     crafted PDF file. (CVE-2010-5110)

  - The error function in Error.cc in poppler before 0.21.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary     commands via a PDF containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator. (CVE-2012-2142)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

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
196847	RHEL 6 : poppler (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical
104345	Fedora 25 : poppler (2017-805d9423f8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/2/2017	1/6/2021	high
196872	RHEL 5 : poppler (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	high
142619	Debian DLA-2440-1 : poppler security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	11/9/2020	2/9/2024	high
199499	RHEL 7 : poppler (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
199549	RHEL 6 : poppler (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	critical
105805	Fedora 27 : poppler (2017-025ff38ac9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	1/11/2021	high
196766	RHEL 7 : poppler (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	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
199510	RHEL 5 : poppler (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high

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