A stack buffer overflow exists in the ec_glob function of editorconfig-core-c before v0.12.6 which allowed an attacker to arbitrarily write to the stack and possibly allows remote code execution. editorconfig-core-c v0.12.6 resolved this vulnerability by bound checking all write operations over the p_pcre buffer.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202411-04 (EditorConfig core C library: arbitrary stack write)

    A vulnerability has been discovered in EditorConfig Core C library. Please review the CVE identifier     referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-6e5d4757df advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2023-0341: update to 0.12.6 (close RHBZ#2162811)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2023:0102-1 advisory.

  - A stack buffer overflow exists in the ec_glob function of editorconfig-core-c before v0.12.6 which allowed     an attacker to arbitrarily write to the stack and possibly allows remote code execution. editorconfig-     core-c v0.12.6 resolved this vulnerability by bound checking all write operations over the p_pcre buffer.
    (CVE-2023-0341)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5842-1 advisory.

    Mark Esler and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that EditorConfig Core C incorrectly handled memory     when handling certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using     EditorConfig Core C to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210449	GLSA-202411-04 : EditorConfig core C library: arbitrary stack write	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
176548	Fedora 37 : editorconfig (2023-6e5d4757df)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
175128	openSUSE 15 Security Update : editorconfig-core-c (openSUSE-SU-2023:0102-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
171014	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : EditorConfig Core C vulnerability (USN-5842-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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