In the ffghbn function in NASA CFITSIO 3.42, specially crafted images parsed via the library can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can deliver an FIT image to trigger this vulnerability and potentially gain code execution.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 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.

  - cfitsio: Stack-based buffer overflow in ffghtb() allows for potential code execution (CVE-2018-3849)

  - In the ffgphd and ffgtkn functions in NASA CFITSIO 3.42, specially crafted images parsed via the library     can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can deliver an FIT image     to trigger this vulnerability and potentially gain code execution. (CVE-2018-3846)

  - In the ffghbn function in NASA CFITSIO 3.42, specially crafted images parsed via the library can cause a     stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can deliver an FIT image to trigger     this vulnerability and potentially gain code execution. (CVE-2018-3848)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202101-24 (cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cfitsio. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update backports security fixes from cfitsio 3.440

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Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198937	RHEL 8 : cfitsio (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196771	RHEL 8 : cfitsio (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
145426	GLSA-202101-24 : cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
123138	Fedora 28 : cfitsio (2019-3c1aed2aa9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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