Debian DLA-2951-1 : flac - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159003

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2951 advisory.

- In append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ of stream_encoder.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:
Android-11Android ID: A-174302683 (CVE-2021-0561)

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

Solution

Upgrade the flac packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.2-2+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159003

File Name: debian_DLA-2951.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2022

Updated: 3/17/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:flac, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac%2b%2b6v5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0561

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