Debian DLA-2012-1 : libvpx security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 131331

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several issues have been found in libvpx, a VP8 and VP9 video codec.

CVE-2019-9232

There is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check.
This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVE-2019-9433

There is a possible information disclosure due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.0-3+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvpx packages.

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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131331

File Name: debian_DLA-2012.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/27/2019

Updated: 4/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vpx-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9232, CVE-2019-9433

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