An issue was discovered in LibOFX 0.9.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function OFXApplication::startElement in the file lib/ofx_sgml.cpp, as demonstrated by ofxdump.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in LibOFX 0.9.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function     OFXApplication::startElement in the file lib/ofx_sgml.cpp, as demonstrated by ofxdump. (CVE-2019-9656)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3007-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2019-9656: Fixed null pointer dereference in function OFXApplication:startElement in     lib/ofx_sgml.cpp (bsc#1129596)

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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4523-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LibOFX did not properly check for errors in certain situations, leading to a NULL     pointer dereference. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service attack.
    (CVE-2019-9656)

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.

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function OFXApplication::startElement in the file lib/ofx_sgml.cpp, as demonstrated by ofxdump.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libofx packages.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254484	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-9656	Nessus	Misc.	high
206186	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libofx (SUSE-SU-2024:3007-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
140720	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : LibOFX vulnerability (USN-4523-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
131246	Debian DLA-2001-1 : libofx security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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