An issue discovered in BitmapAccess.cpp::FreeImage_AllocateBitmap in FreeImage 3.18.0 leads to an infinite loop and allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

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

  - An issue discovered in BitmapAccess.cpp::FreeImage_AllocateBitmap in FreeImage 3.18.0 leads to an infinite     loop and allows attackers to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-47997)

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-c4d32d51c9 advisory.

    Add downstream fixes for CVE-2023-47995 and CVE-2023-47997.

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 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-e6a35cd250 advisory.

    Add downstream fixes for CVE-2023-47995 and CVE-2023-47997.

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 39 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-c0b61ab46b advisory.

    Add downstream fixes for CVE-2023-47995 and CVE-2023-47997.

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
258273	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-47997	Nessus	Misc.	medium
194714	Fedora 40 : freeimage / mingw-freeimage (2024-c4d32d51c9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
192227	Fedora 38 : freeimage / mingw-freeimage (2024-e6a35cd250)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
192225	Fedora 39 : freeimage / mingw-freeimage (2024-c0b61ab46b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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