Debian DLA-2136-1 : libvpx security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 134352

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an out-of-bounds buffer read vulnerability in libvpx, a library implementing the VP8 & VP9 video codecs.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in libvpx version 1.3.0-3+deb8u3.

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: 134352

File Name: debian_DLA-2136.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/10/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0034

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: 3/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0034

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