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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-34141

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223792

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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.

 - An incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component in NumPy before 1.22.0 allows attackers to trigger slightly incorrect copying by constructing specific string objects. NOTE: the vendor states that this reported code behavior is completely harmless. (CVE-2021-34141)

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-2021-34141

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-34141

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223792

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_34141.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:numpy, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:numpy, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:numpy, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-numpy-f2py, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 12/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34141