iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.

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

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6486-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that iniParser incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a crash.

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.

The version of iniparser installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2124 advisory.

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2023:0183-1 advisory.

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2749-1 advisory.

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2692-1 advisory.

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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-2023-6454c8edea advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2023-33461

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 Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-65f751f76d advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2023-33461

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
196030	RHEL 7 : iniparser (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
186010	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : iniParser vulnerability (USN-6486-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
178523	Amazon Linux 2 : iniparser (ALAS-2023-2124)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
178403	openSUSE 15 Security Update : iniparser (openSUSE-SU-2023:0183-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
177877	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : iniparser (SUSE-SU-2023:2749-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
177717	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : iniparser (SUSE-SU-2023:2692-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
177416	Fedora 37 : iniparser (2023-6454c8edea)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
177365	Fedora 38 : iniparser (2023-65f751f76d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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