Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-39329

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225855

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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.

- A flaw was found in OpenJPEG. A resource exhaustion can occur in the opj_t1_decode_cblks function in tcd.c through a crafted image file, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2023-39329)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 225855

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_39329.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39329

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openjpeg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2-devel-docs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texmaker, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:blender, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:insighttoolkit4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-devel-docs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebengine-opensource-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjpeg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjpeg2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openjpeg2-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39329

Detections

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