A code execution vulnerability exists in the DL_Dxf::handleLWPolylineData functionality of Ribbonsoft dxflib 3.17.0. A specially-crafted .dxf file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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

  - A code execution vulnerability exists in the DL_Dxf::handleLWPolylineData functionality of Ribbonsoft     dxflib 3.17.0. A specially-crafted .dxf file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a     malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2021-21897)

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

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-d0be6938e2 advisory.

    Automatic update for cloudcompare-2.11.3-4.fc38.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Thu Aug 25 2022 Miro Hronok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.11.3-4
    - Security fix for CVE-2021-21897
    - Fixes: rhbz#2080986

    ```

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 Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3046 advisory.

  - A code execution vulnerability exists in the DL_Dxf::handleLWPolylineData functionality of Ribbonsoft     dxflib 3.17.0. A specially-crafted .dxf file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a     malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2021-21897)

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
256588	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-21897	Nessus	Misc.	high
211076	Fedora 38 : cloudcompare (2022-d0be6938e2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
162167	Debian DLA-3046-1 : librecad - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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