The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6313-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FAAD2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-32272, CVE-2021-32273, CVE-2021-32274, CVE-2021-32277, CVE-2021-32278,     CVE-2023-38857, CVE-2023-38858)

    It was discovered that FAAD2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-32276)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : FAAD2 vulnerabilities (USN-6313-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180236

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.1 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.0 Aug 29, 2023, 8:04 PM New Plugin Feed: 202308292004