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openSUSE Security Update : flac (openSUSE-2019-1225)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124146

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for flac fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-6888: An error in the 'read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()' function could be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file (bsc#1091045).

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

Solution

Update the affected flac packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1091045

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124146

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1225.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2019

Updated: 5/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2017-6888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flac-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flac-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac%2b%2b6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac8-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flac-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac%2b%2b6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac8-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flac-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac8-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflac%2b%2b6-32bit-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6888