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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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 155879
File Name: openSUSE-2021-1538.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/7/2021
Updated: 11/22/2023
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:speex, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libspeex1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:speex-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libspeex1
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