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openSUSE 15 Security Update : speex (openSUSE-SU-2021:1538-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155879

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1538-1 advisory.

 - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

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 libspeex1, libspeex1-32bit, speex and / or speex-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192580

http://www.nessus.org/u?87410239

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-23903

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155879

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1538.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2021

Updated: 11/22/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2020-23903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:novell:opensuse:libspeex1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libspeex1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:speex, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:speex-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-23903