The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0150 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2021-46822:
    The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

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

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libjpeg- turbo-2.0.90-6.el9 build changelog.

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libjpeg-turbo installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.90-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2214 advisory.

    The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 libjpeg-turbo packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

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 libjpeg-turbo package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

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 Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:1068 advisory.

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:1068 advisory.

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-1068 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2021-46822

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1068 advisory.

    The libjpeg-turbo packages contain a library of functions for manipulating JPEG images. They also contain     simple client programs for accessing the libjpeg functions. These packages provide the same functionality     and API as libjpeg but with better performance.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libjpeg-turbo: heap buffer overflow in get_word_rgb_row() in rdppm.c (CVE-2021-46822)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

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

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

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 libjpeg-turbo package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary     PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related     to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)

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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5631-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain EOF characters. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause libjpeg-turbo to consume resource, leading to a denial of service. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11813)

    It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed jpeg files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2020-17541, CVE-2020-35538)

    It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed PPM files. An attacker could     use this issue to cause libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-46822)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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
236203	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0150: libjpeg-turbo (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0150)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	medium
224383	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-46822	Nessus	Misc.	medium
191188	CentOS 9 : libjpeg-turbo-2.0.90-6.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
180084	Amazon Linux 2 : libjpeg-turbo (ALAS-2023-2214)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
178855	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2023-2398)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
177172	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2023-2200)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
175165	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.0 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1733)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
172338	Rocky Linux 9 : libjpeg-turbo (RLSA-2023:1068)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
172152	AlmaLinux 9 : libjpeg-turbo (ALSA-2023:1068)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
172128	Oracle Linux 9 : libjpeg-turbo (ELSA-2023-1068)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
172116	RHEL 9 : libjpeg-turbo (RHSA-2023:1068)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
169335	EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.1 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2893)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
169331	EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2875)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165848	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2467)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165830	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2430)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165828	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2417)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165780	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2442)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165408	EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.1 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2351)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165369	EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2387)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165321	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities (USN-5631-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
165045	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2296)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
165019	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : libjpeg-turbo (EulerOS-SA-2022-2325)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium

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