Amazon Linux 2023 : flac, flac-devel, flac-libs (ALAS2023-2023-008)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173135

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-008 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

Run 'dnf update flac --releasever=2023.0.20230222 ' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173135

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-008.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2023

Updated: 3/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:amazon:linux:flac, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0561

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