Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in iniparser_dumpsection_ini() in iniparser allows attacker to read out of bound memory

amazon_alas ALAS2-2025-2809: Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory:ALAS-2025-2809

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-257f422587 advisory.

    Patched libiniparser to fix CVE-2025-0633

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 SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:0845-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-0633: string copy into buffer without previous size validation leads to heap buffer overflow in       iniparser_dumpsection_ini() of iniparser (bsc#1237377).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0821-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-0633: string copy into buffer without previous size validation leads to heap buffer overflow in       iniparser_dumpsection_ini() of iniparser (bsc#1237377).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in iniparser_dumpsection_ini() in iniparser allows attacker to     read out of bound memory (CVE-2025-0633)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-a1d884e467 advisory.

    Patched libiniparser to fix CVE-2025-0633

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.

An update of the iniparser package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7286-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that iniParser incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause iniParser to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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
232720	Fedora 40 : iniparser (2025-257f422587)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
232684	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : iniparser (SUSE-SU-2025:0845-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
232587	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : iniparser (SUSE-SU-2025:0821-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
231029	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-0633	Nessus	Misc.	medium
216955	Fedora 41 : iniparser (2025-a1d884e467)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
216877	Photon OS 5.0: Iniparser PHSA-2025-5.0-0480	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
216700	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : iniParser vulnerability (USN-7286-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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