libgedit.a in GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file that begins with many '\0' characters.

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

  - gedit: CPU consumption via crafted file (CVE-2017-14108)

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

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.

  - gedit: untrusted python modules search path (CVE-2009-0314)

  - gedit: CPU consumption via crafted file (CVE-2017-14108)

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 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gedit: CPU consumption via crafted file (CVE-2017-14108)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198551	RHEL 6 : gedit (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
198526	RHEL 5 : gedit (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
198482	RHEL 7 : gedit (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196222	RHEL 5 : gedit (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196196	RHEL 7 : gedit (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196138	RHEL 6 : gedit (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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CVE-2017-14108

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