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Fedora 32 : libmysofa (2021-4e40ccb5e6)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146902

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-4e40ccb5e6 advisory.

 - Incorrect handling of input data in verifyAttribute function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1 will lead to NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault error in case of restrictive memory protection or near NULL pointer overwrite in case of no memory restrictions (e.g. in embedded environments). (CVE-2020-36148)

 - Incorrect handling of input data in changeAttribute function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1 will lead to NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault error in case of restrictive memory protection or near NULL pointer overwrite in case of no memory restrictions (e.g. in embedded environments). (CVE-2020-36149)

 - Incorrect handling of input data in loudness function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1 will lead to heap buffer overflow and access to unallocated memory block. (CVE-2020-36150)

 - Incorrect handling of input data in mysofa_resampler_reset_mem function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1 will lead to heap buffer overflow and overwriting large memory block. (CVE-2020-36151)

 - Buffer overflow in readDataVar in hdf/dataobject.c in Symonics libmysofa 0.5 - 1.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SOFA. (CVE-2020-36152)

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

Solution

Update the affected libmysofa package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-4e40ccb5e6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146902

File Name: fedora_2021-4e40ccb5e6.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2021

Updated: 1/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2020-36152

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:fedoraproject:fedora:libmysofa, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36148, CVE-2020-36149, CVE-2020-36150, CVE-2020-36151, CVE-2020-36152