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Amazon Linux 2 : flac (ALAS-2023-2106)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 177858
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of flac installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.0-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2106 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 'yum update flac' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2106.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 177858
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2106.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/1/2023
Updated: 7/1/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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:2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-0561