RHEL 8 : libsndfile (RHSA-2020:1636)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136042

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libsndfile.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1636 advisory.

libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound, such as AIFF, AU, or WAV.

Security Fix(es):

* libsndfile: stack-based buffer overflow in sndfile-deinterleave utility (CVE-2018-13139)

* libsndfile: buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c (CVE-2018-19662)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL libsndfile package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1636.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2c6319a

http://www.nessus.org/u?dd7b3f20

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1636

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1598480

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659631

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136042

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1636.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-13139

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsndfile-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsndfile, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-13139, CVE-2018-19662

CWE: 121, 125

RHSA: 2020:1636