iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-000296 advisory.

    iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.

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.

An update of the iniparser package has been released.

The version of iniparser installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-33461 advisory.

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has iniparser packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0120 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-33461:
    iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses
    check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6486-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that iniParser incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a crash.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 version of iniparser installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2124 advisory.

    iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2023:0183-1 advisory.

  - iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses     check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. (CVE-2023-33461)

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

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:2749-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-33461: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in iniparser_getboolean() (bsc#1211889).

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 SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2692-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-33461: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in iniparser_getboolean() (bsc#1211889).

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 Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-6454c8edea advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2023-33461

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-2023-65f751f76d advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2023-33461

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	Type	Severity
336064	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1070e Security Update: iniparser (UTSA-2025-000296)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
334780	Photon OS 5.0: Iniparser PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0942	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	medium
295229	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: iniparser (CVE-2023-33461)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
242704	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : iniparser Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0143)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	Local	medium
238711	TencentOS Server 4: iniparser (TSSA-2025:0120)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	Local	medium
424011	Alpine: multiple iniparser packages: security update to 4.1-r3	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
424011	Alpine: multiple iniparser packages: security update to 4.1-r3	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
226596	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-33461	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
186010	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : iniParser vulnerability (USN-6486-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	medium
404980	Alpine: iniparser: security update to 4.1-r2	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
404980	Alpine: iniparser: security update to 4.1-r2	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
178523	Amazon Linux 2 : iniparser (ALAS-2023-2124)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
178403	openSUSE 15 Security Update : iniparser (openSUSE-SU-2023:0183-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
177877	openSUSE 15 Security Update : iniparser (SUSE-SU-2023:2749-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
177717	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : iniparser (SUSE-SU-2023:2692-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
177416	Fedora 37 : iniparser (2023-6454c8edea)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
177365	Fedora 38 : iniparser (2023-65f751f76d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
400082	Alpine: multiple iniparser packages: security update to 4.1-r2 (deprecated)	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
400082	Alpine: multiple iniparser packages: security update to 4.1-r2 (deprecated)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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