FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.

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

  - FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer     dereference. (CVE-2021-40266)

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-8e640cb540 advisory.

    Downstream fixes for CVE-2021-40266 CVE-2020-24292 CVE-2020-24293 CVE-2020-24295 CVE-2021-40263

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Fedora 38 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-604a7d56b0 advisory.

    Downstream fixes for CVE-2021-40266 CVE-2020-24292 CVE-2020-24293 CVE-2020-24295 CVE-2021-40263

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

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
259374	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-40266	Nessus	Misc.	medium
185306	Fedora 39 : freeimage / mingw-freeimage (2023-8e640cb540)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
182748	Fedora 38 : freeimage / mingw-freeimage (2023-604a7d56b0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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