Debian DSA-5518-1 : libvpx - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 182649

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5518 advisory.

- VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash related to encoding. (CVE-2023-44488)

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

Solution

Upgrade the libvpx packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.0-1+deb12u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182649

File Name: debian_DSA-5518.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 10/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vpx-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44488

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