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AlmaLinux 9 : flac (ALSA-2022:8078)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167981

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:8078 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

Update the affected flac, flac-devel and / or flac-libs packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8078.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167981

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-8078.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 11/19/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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:alma:linux:flac-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:flac, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:flac-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0561

CWE: 787