matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.18 through 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in ReadInt32DataDouble (called from ReadInt32Data and Mat_VarRead4).

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

  - matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.18 through 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in     ReadInt32DataDouble (called from ReadInt32Data and Mat_VarRead4). (CVE-2020-36428)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202408-26 (matio: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in matio. Please review the CVE identifiers 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10235-1 advisory.

  - matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.18 through 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in     ReadInt32DataDouble (called from ReadInt32Data and Mat_VarRead4). (CVE-2020-36428)

  - matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.20 and 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5MM_memcpy (called     from H5MM_malloc and H5C_load_entry), related to use of HDF5 1.12.0. (CVE-2021-36977)

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
230268	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-36428	Nessus	Misc.	high
205372	GLSA-202408-26 : matio: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
168493	openSUSE 15 Security Update : matio (openSUSE-SU-2022:10235-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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