The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of compressed tile data. A maliciously-crafted image can exploit this to cause a small image (both in terms of pixel width/height, and encoded size) to make the decoder decode large amounts of compressed data, consuming excessive memory and CPU.

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

  - The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of compressed tile data. A maliciously-crafted image     can exploit this to cause a small image (both in terms of pixel width/height, and encoded size) to make     the decoder decode large amounts of compressed data, consuming excessive memory and CPU. (CVE-2023-29408)

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-28cff1a2de advisory.

    Update to 0.13.0     Security fix for CVE-2023-29408     Security fix for CVE-2023-29407     Security fix for CVE-2022-41727

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 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-c862a1e289 advisory.

    Update to 0.13.0     Security fix for CVE-2023-29408     Security fix for CVE-2023-29407     Security fix for CVE-2022-41727

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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-4d95d44e7b advisory.

    Update to 0.13.0     Security fix for CVE-2023-29408     Security fix for CVE-2023-29407     Security fix for CVE-2022-41727

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
226426	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-29408	Nessus	Misc.	medium
185191	Fedora 39 : golang-x-image (2023-28cff1a2de)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
183099	Fedora 37 : golang-x-image (2023-c862a1e289)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
183098	Fedora 38 : golang-x-image (2023-4d95d44e7b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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