chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file. in GitHub repository hpjansson/chafa prior to 1.10.2. chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file.

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

  - chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file. in GitHub repository hpjansson/chafa prior     to 1.10.2. chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file. (CVE-2022-1507)

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

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-a6b383aab1 advisory.

    Automatic update for chafa-1.10.3-1.fc37.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Fri May  6 2022 Miro Hronok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.10.3-1
    - Update to 1.10.3
    - Fixes: rhbz#1809122
    - Contains security fix for CVE-2022-1507
    - Fixes: rhbz#2080294
    - Provide bundled libnsgif and lodepng

    ```

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 SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10025-1 advisory.

  - chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file. in GitHub repository hpjansson/chafa prior     to 1.10.2. chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file. (CVE-2022-1507)

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
230046	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-1507	Nessus	Misc.	medium
211215	Fedora 37 : chafa (2022-a6b383aab1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
162518	openSUSE 15 Security Update : chafa (openSUSE-SU-2022:10025-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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