In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android ID: A-156076070

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - flac: out of bound write in append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ of stream_encoder.c (CVE-2021-0561)

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10252-1 advisory.

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

  - In append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ of stream_encoder.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to     a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:
    Android-11Android ID: A-174302683 (CVE-2021-0561)

  - An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by     tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or     execute code under some conditions. (CVE-2022-41325)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5733-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FLAC was not properly performing memory management operations, which could result     in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FLAC to consume resources, leading to     a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2017-6888)

    It was discovered that FLAC was not properly performing bounds checking operations when decoding data. If     a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could     possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or to cause FLAC to crash, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04     LTS. (CVE-2020-0499)

    It was discovered that FLAC was not properly performing bounds checking operations when encoding data. If     a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could     possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or to cause FLAC to crash, leading to a denial of     service. (CVE-2021-0561)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of flac installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2022-052-01 advisory.

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

  - In append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ of stream_encoder.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to     a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:
    Android-11Android ID: A-174302683 (CVE-2021-0561)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the flac packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the flac package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the flac package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of     bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due     to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote     information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for     exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:
    Android-11Android ID: A-156076070(CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the flac packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of     bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due     to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote     information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for     exploitation.(CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the flac package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of     bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due     to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote     information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for     exploitation.(CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the flac package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of     bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due     to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote     information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for     exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:
    Android-11Android ID: A-156076070(CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Oss-Fuzz reports :

There is a possible out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow in FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c.

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-ed9c13a1d5 advisory.

  - An error in the read_metadata_vorbiscomment_() function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version     1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file. (CVE-2017-6888)

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

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 32 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-a48ccc6754 advisory.

  - An error in the read_metadata_vorbiscomment_() function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version     1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file. (CVE-2017-6888)

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for flac fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2020-0487: Fixed a memory leak (bsc#1180112).

  - CVE-2020-0499: Fixed an out-of-bounds access     (bsc#1180099).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-df42ebeac2 advisory.

  - In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a     heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android     ID: A-156076070 (CVE-2020-0499)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for flac fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-0499: Fixed an out-of-bounds access (bsc#1180099).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Two vulnerabilities were fixed in flac, the library for the Free Lossless Audio Codec.

CVE-2017-6888

Memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file

CVE-2020-0499

Out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.2-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your flac packages.

For the detailed security status of flac please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/flac

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for flac fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-0487: Fixed a memory leak (bsc#1180112).

CVE-2020-0499: Fixed an out-of-bounds access (bsc#1180099).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198648	RHEL 8 : flac (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196451	RHEL 6 : flac (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196441	RHEL 7 : flac (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
169346	openSUSE 15 Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-SU-2022:10252-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
168010	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : FLAC vulnerabilities (USN-5733-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
158209	Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / 15.0 / current flac Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2022-052-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	medium
157933	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2022-1118)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
156522	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.6 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-2879)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
153311	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-2369)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
153085	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-2328)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
152326	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-2269)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
152274	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-2243)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
151310	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-2108)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
149361	FreeBSD : FLAC -- out-of-bounds read (49346de2-b015-11eb-9bdf-f8b156b6dcc8)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
147053	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-1557)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
146848	Fedora 33 : mingw-flac (2021-ed9c13a1d5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
146830	Fedora 32 : mingw-flac (2021-a48ccc6754)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
145770	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : flac (EulerOS-SA-2021-1140)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
145350	openSUSE Security Update : flac (openSUSE-2020-2348)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
145324	openSUSE Security Update : flac (openSUSE-2020-2350)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
144819	Fedora 33 : flac (2021-df42ebeac2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
144740	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : flac (SUSE-SU-2021:0017-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
144723	Debian DLA-2514-1 : flac security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
144619	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : flac (SUSE-SU-2020:3933-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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