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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811723
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for poppler RHSA-2017:2551-01
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'poppler'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'poppler'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF)
rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.

Security Fix(es):

* A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the poppler library. An
attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications
that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash, or potentially execute
arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2017-9775)

* An integer overflow leading to heap-based buffer overflow was found in
the poppler library. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that
would cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash, or
potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2017-9776)

Affected Software/OS:
poppler on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9775
BugTraq ID: 99241
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99241
Debian Security Information: DSA-4079 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2551
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2551
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9776
BugTraq ID: 99240
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99240
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2550
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2550
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