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RHEL 8 : wavpack (RHSA-2020:1581)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 143040
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for wavpack.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1581 advisory.WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode.
Security Fix(es):
* wawpack: Infinite loop in WavpackPackInit function lead to DoS (CVE-2018-19840)
* wawpack: Out-of-bounds read in WavpackVerifySingleBlock function leads to DoS (CVE-2018-19841)
* wavpack: Use of uninitialized variable in WavpackSetConfiguration64 leads to DoS (CVE-2019-11498)
* wavpack: Divide by zero in ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig leads to crash (CVE-2019-1010315)
* wavpack: Use of uninitialized variable in ParseCaffHeaderConfig leads to DoS (CVE-2019-1010317)
* wavpack: Use of uninitialized variable in ParseWave64HeaderConfig leads to DoS (CVE-2019-1010319)
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 wavpack package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1581.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?31262a82
http://www.nessus.org/u?dd7b3f20
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1581
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661448
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661449
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1704633
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1729418
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 143040
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1581.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/18/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11498
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wavpack-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wavpack
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: 12/4/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-19840, CVE-2018-19841, CVE-2019-1010315, CVE-2019-1010317, CVE-2019-1010319, CVE-2019-11498
BID: 109268