GLSA-202209-13 : libaacplus: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 165441

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202209-13 (libaacplus: Denial of Service)

- au_channel.h in HE-AAC+ Codec (aka libaacplus) 2.0.2 has a signed integer overflow, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. (CVE-2017-7603)

- au_channel.h in HE-AAC+ Codec (aka libaacplus) 2.0.2 has a left-shift undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. (CVE-2017-7604)

- aacplusenc.c in HE-AAC+ Codec (aka libaacplus) 2.0.2 has an assertion failure, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. (CVE-2017-7605)

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

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued suport for libaacplus. We recommend that users remove it:

# emerge --ask --depclean media-libs/libaacplus

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-13

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618000

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165441

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202209-13.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2022

Updated: 10/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7603, CVE-2017-7604, CVE-2017-7605