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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-42574

🗓️ 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux/Unix hosts have unpatched vulnerability CVE-2021-42574 affecting Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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  - An issue was discovered in the Bidirectional Algorithm in the Unicode Specification through 14.0. It
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    that renders different logic than the logical ordering of tokens ingested by compilers and interpreters.
    Adversaries can leverage this to encode source code for compilers accepting Unicode such that targeted
    vulnerabilities are introduced invisibly to human reviewers. NOTE: the Unicode Consortium offers the
    following alternative approach to presenting this concern. An issue is noted in the nature of
    international text that can affect applications that implement support for The Unicode Standard and the
    Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (all versions). Due to text display behavior when text includes left-to-
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    further obfuscate the logical order of tokens. Unless mitigated, an adversary could craft source code such
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    compiler/interpreter/etc. The Unicode Consortium has documented this class of vulnerability in its
    document, Unicode Technical Report #36, Unicode Security Considerations. The Unicode Consortium also
    provides guidance on mitigations for this class of issues in Unicode Technical Standard #39, Unicode
    Security Mechanisms, and in Unicode Standard Annex #31, Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax. Also, the
    BIDI specification allows applications to tailor the implementation in ways that can mitigate misleading
    visual reordering in program text; see HL4 in Unicode Standard Annex #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
    (CVE-2021-42574)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-annobin"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-binutils"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-binutils-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-c++"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gfortran"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-plugin-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libasan-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libatomic-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libitm-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-liblsan-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libquadmath-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libstdc++-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libstdc++-docs"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libtsan-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libubsan-devel"},
          {"reference": "go-toolset"},
          {"reference": "golang"},
          {"reference": "golang-bin"},
          {"reference": "golang-docs"},
          {"reference": "golang-misc"},
          {"reference": "golang-race"},
          {"reference": "golang-src"},
          {"reference": "golang-tests"},
          {"reference": "mingw-binutils"},
          {"reference": "mingw-binutils-generic"},
          {"reference": "mingw32-binutils"},
          {"reference": "mingw64-binutils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-annobin"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-binutils"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-binutils-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-c++"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gfortran"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-gcc-plugin-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libasan-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libatomic-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libitm-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-liblsan-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libquadmath-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libstdc++-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libstdc++-docs"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libtsan-devel"},
          {"reference": "gcc-toolset-9-libubsan-devel"},
          {"reference": "go-toolset"},
          {"reference": "golang"},
          {"reference": "golang-bin"},
          {"reference": "golang-docs"},
          {"reference": "golang-misc"},
          {"reference": "golang-race"},
          {"reference": "golang-src"},
          {"reference": "golang-tests"},
          {"reference": "mingw-binutils"},
          {"reference": "mingw-binutils-generic"},
          {"reference": "mingw32-binutils"},
          {"reference": "mingw64-binutils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "go-toolset"},
          {"reference": "golang"},
          {"reference": "golang-bin"},
          {"reference": "golang-docs"},
          {"reference": "golang-misc"},
          {"reference": "golang-race"},
          {"reference": "golang-src"},
          {"reference": "golang-tests"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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27 Mar 2026 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 25.1
CVSS 3.18.3
EPSS0.24988
SSVC
5