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FreeBSD : aacplusenc -- denial of service (7801b1e1-99b4-42ac-ab22-7646235e7c16)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103479

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Gentoo developers report :

DeleteBitBuffer in libbitbuf/bitbuffer.c in mp4tools aacplusenc 0.17.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write, SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000030, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .wav file, aka a NULL pointer dereference.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?35a8d2e6

https://github.com/teknoraver/aacplusenc/issues/1

http://www.nessus.org/u?1cee69f7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103479

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7801b1e199b442acab227646235e7c16.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 9/27/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:aacplusenc, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14181