giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2607-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-28506: Fixed heap buffer overflow in function DumpScreen2RGB() (bsc#1198880)
    - CVE-2023-39742: Fixed segmentation fault via the component getarg.c (bsc#1214678)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6824-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 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.

  - giflib: segfault via getarg.c (CVE-2023-39742)

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 9 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.

  - giflib: segfault via getarg.c (CVE-2023-39742)

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.

According to the versions of the giflib package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c. (CVE-2023-39742)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the giflib packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c. (CVE-2023-39742)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-6ce92a5bdc advisory.

    Add patch for CVE-2023.39742.

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

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-386 advisory.

    giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c. (CVE-2023-39742)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-88f7d670fe advisory.

    Add patch for CVE-2023.39742.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-1b5f6f4eb2 advisory.

    Add patch for CVE-2023.39742.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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
204792	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : giflib (SUSE-SU-2024:2607-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
200257	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : GIFLIB vulnerabilities (USN-6824-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
198834	RHEL 8 : giflib (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
198780	RHEL 9 : giflib (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196229	RHEL 6 : giflib (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196226	RHEL 7 : giflib (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
191859	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : giflib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1267)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
190285	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : giflib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1173)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
190280	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : giflib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1193)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
185208	Fedora 39 : giflib (2023-6ce92a5bdc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
183825	Amazon Linux 2023 : giflib, giflib-devel, giflib-utils (ALAS2023-2023-386)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
182396	Fedora 37 : giflib (2023-88f7d670fe)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
181563	Fedora 38 : giflib (2023-1b5f6f4eb2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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