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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-2820

🗓️ 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched Poppler 0.53.0 JPEG 2000 parsing flaw (CVE-2017-2820) enables code execution via PDF.

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CNVD
Poppler Integer Overflow Vulnerability
12 Jul 201700:00
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CVE-2017-2820
12 Jul 201717:00
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Cvelist
CVE-2017-2820
12 Jul 201717:00
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Debian CVE
CVE-2017-2820
12 Jul 201717:00
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EUVD
EUVD-2017-11961
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
Tenable Nessus
GLSA-201801-17 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
18 Jan 201800:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3350-1)
10 Jul 201700:00
nessus
Gentoo Linux
Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
17 Jan 201800:00
gentoo
NVD
CVE-2017-2820
12 Jul 201717:29
nvd
OpenVAS
Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3350-1)
14 Jul 201700:00
openvas
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(254942);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/25");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-2820");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-2820");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of
    freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out
    of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this
    vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library. (CVE-2017-2820)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2820");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-2820");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/07/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poppler");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-11", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-12", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-13", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-14");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp0v5"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-doc"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib8"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-1"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt6-3"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt6-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler126"},
          {"reference": "poppler-utils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp0v5"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-doc"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib8"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-1"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler102"},
          {"reference": "poppler-utils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp2"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-doc"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib8t64"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-1t64"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt6-3t64"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt6-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler147"},
          {"reference": "poppler-utils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-cpp2"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib-doc"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-glib8t64"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-1t64"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt6-3t64"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler-qt6-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpoppler147"},
          {"reference": "poppler-utils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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