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Debian dla-3094 : flac - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164674

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3094 advisory.

 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3094-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta September 04, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : flac Version : 1.3.2-3+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2021-0561 Debian Bug : 1006339

 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.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.2-3+deb10u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your flac packages.

 For the detailed security status of flac please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/flac

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/flac

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-0561

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/flac

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164674

File Name: debian_DLA-3094.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflac%2b%2b6v5, 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: 9/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0561