The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information.

photon_os PHSA-2025-4.0-0832: Unknown PhotonOS Security Updated

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7600-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libxslt could be made to expose sensitive information about address space layout.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protections.

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 remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8676 advisory.

    libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats (including HTML, plain text,     and other XML representations of the underlying data) using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation     mechanism.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libxslt: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information (CVE-2023-40403)

    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.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0092 advisory.

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

    CVE-2023-40403:
    The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14.
    Processing web content may disclose sensitive information.

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 remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9016 advisory.

    libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats (including HTML, plain text,     and other XML representations of the underlying data) using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation     mechanism.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libxslt: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information (CVE-2023-40403)

    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.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:8676 advisory.

    * libxslt: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information (CVE-2023-40403)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-8676 advisory.

    [1.1.32-6.2.0.1]
    - Added libxslt-oracle-enterprise.patch and replaced doc/redhat.gif in tarball

    [1.1.32-6.2]
    - Fix CVE-2023-40403 (aka 2022-4909) (RHEL-89374)

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 version of libxslt installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.28-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2831 advisory.

    The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14.
    Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-40403)

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 SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1125-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-40403: Fixed sensitive information disclosure during processing web content (bsc#1238591)
    - CVE-2024-55549: Fixed use-after-free in xsltGetInheritedNsList (bsc#1239637)
    - CVE-2025-24855: Fixed use-after-free in numbers.c (bsc#1239625)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-905 advisory.

    The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14.
    Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-40403)

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 SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1003-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-40403: Fixed sensitive information disclosure during processing web content (bsc#1238591)
    - CVE-2024-55549: Fixed use-after-free in xsltGetInheritedNsList (bsc#1239637)
    - CVE-2025-24855: Fixed use-after-free in numbers.c (bsc#1239625)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 version of Apple iOS running on the mobile device is prior to 17. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

According to its banner, the version of Apple TV on the remote device is prior to 17. It is therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT213936

The version of Apple iOS running on the mobile device is prior to 16.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 12.x prior to 12.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with     kernel privileges. (CVE-2023-40409, CVE-2023-40412)

  - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura     13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able     to disclose kernel memory. (CVE-2023-40410)

  - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and     iPadOS 16.7, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, macOS Ventura 13.6. An app may be able to access     protected user data. (CVE-2023-38612)

  - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey     12.7, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Ventura 13.6, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to disclose     kernel memory. (CVE-2023-41232)

  - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, macOS Ventura     13.6, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2023-40406)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14.
    Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. (CVE-2023-40420)

  - This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6,     tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to     read arbitrary files. (CVE-2023-41968)

  - The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and     iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to     access contacts. (CVE-2023-40395)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app     may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2023-41984)

  - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and     iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware     of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
    (CVE-2023-41992)

  - An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura     13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS     Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access protected user data. (CVE-2023-41073)

  - A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6,     tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14.
    An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission. (CVE-2023-40454)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14.
    Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-40403)

  - The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS     17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read     sensitive location information. (CVE-2023-40427)

  - The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17,     macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to overwrite     arbitrary files. (CVE-2023-40452)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
241065	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : libxslt vulnerability (USN-7600-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
240676	RHEL 8 : libxslt (RHSA-2025:8676)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
240422	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0092: libxslt (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0092)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	medium
238336	RHEL 9 : libxslt (RHSA-2025:9016)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
238242	AlmaLinux 8 : libxslt (ALSA-2025:8676)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
238036	Oracle Linux 8 : libxslt (ELSA-2025-8676)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
234523	Amazon Linux 2 : libxslt (ALAS-2025-2831)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
233833	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libxslt (SUSE-SU-2025:1125-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
233582	Amazon Linux 2023 : libxslt, libxslt-devel, python3-libxslt (ALAS2023-2025-905)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
233349	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libxslt (SUSE-SU-2025:1003-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
189739	Apple iOS < 17 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT213938)	Nessus	Mobile Devices	critical
182436	Apple TV < 17 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT213936)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
181843	Apple iOS < 16.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT213927)	Nessus	Mobile Devices	high
181760	macOS 12.x < 12.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT213932)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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