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RHEL 9 : speex (RHSA-2022:7979)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 167593
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for speex.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7979 advisory.Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates.
Security Fix(es):
* speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file (CVE-2020-23903)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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
Update the RHEL speex package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:7979.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?13e5305f
http://www.nessus.org/u?1f1eb6cc
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 167593
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7979.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2022
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:speex-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:speex, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-23903