There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-054050 advisory.

    There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux 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-2025:4483-1 advisory.

    - Rework fix for CVE-2021-42523 to avoid invalid pointer error during certain installations (bsc#1250750).

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-2025:3949-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2021-42523: The original fix was wrong and did not properly free the error, resulting in a crash     that has now been addressed (bsc#1250750).

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.

  - There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it. (CVE-2021-42523)

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

According to the versions of the colord packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it. (CVE-2021-42523)

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

According to the versions of the colord packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it. (CVE-2021-42523)

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

According to the versions of the colord package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it. (CVE-2021-42523)

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

According to the versions of the compat-colord10 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it. (CVE-2021-42523)

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

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-2022:4410-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2021-42523: Fixed a small memory leak in sqlite3_exec (bsc#1202802).

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-2022:4170-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2021-42523: Fixed small memory leak in sqlite3_exec (bsc#1202802).

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.

According to the versions of the colord package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c     and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not     releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it. (CVE-2021-42523)

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

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-2022:3496-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2021-42523: Fixed a small memory leak in sqlite3_exec (bsc#1202802).

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
340615	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: colord (UTSA-2026-054050)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
279359	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : colord (SUSE-SU-2025:4483-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
274451	SUSE SLED15: colord / colord-color-profiles / colord-lang / libcolord-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:3949-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
224123	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-42523	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
179102	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2023-2498)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
178869	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2023-2407)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
177033	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2023-2186)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
175220	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.0 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2023-1747)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
172297	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2023-1492)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
172296	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : compat-colord10 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1493)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
168649	SUSE SLED12: colord / colord-lang / libcolord-devel / libcolord2 / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4410-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
168139	SUSE SLED15: colord / colord-color-profiles / colord-lang / libcolord-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4170-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
166818	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2022-2644)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
166811	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : colord (EulerOS-SA-2022-2676)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
165666	SUSE SLED15: colord / colord-color-profiles / colord-lang / libcolord-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3496-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high

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