Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.

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

  - Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on     the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including     project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file     system structure and dependencies of the targeted server. (CVE-2024-21501)

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

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

  - Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on
    the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including
    project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file
    system structure and dependencies of the targeted server. (CVE-2024-21501)

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b8e474fbd3 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-21501

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-af1f06c79c advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-21501

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

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	Type	Severity
227958	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21501	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
418807	SCA: security update for sanitize-html (GHSA-rm97-x556-q36h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
418807	SCA: security update for sanitize-html (GHSA-rm97-x556-q36h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
198291	Fedora 40 : glances (2024-b8e474fbd3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
198288	Fedora 39 : glances (2024-af1f06c79c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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