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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-29338

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223765

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

 - Integer Overflow in OpenJPEG v2.4.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). This occurs when the attacker uses the command line option -ImgDir on a directory that contains 1048576 files. (CVE-2021-29338)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-29338

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-29338

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223765

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_29338.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29338

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:insighttoolkit4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebengine-opensource-src, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texmaker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:blender, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29338