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GLSA-202107-18 : BladeEnc: Buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 156997

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202107-18 (BladeEnc: Buffer overflow)

 A crafted file could cause a buffer overflow in the iteration_loop function in BladeEnc.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted using BladeEnc, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for BladeEnc. We recommend that users unmerge it:
 # emerge --ask --depclean 'media-sound/bladeenc' NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining BladeEnc have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update BladeEnc at a later date. We do not have a suggestion for a replacement at this time.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 156997

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202107-18.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/24/2022

Updated: 12/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bladeenc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14648

GLSA: 202107-18