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GLSA-202401-13 : FAAD2: Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187862

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202401-13 (FAAD2: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c. (CVE-2023-38857)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the mp4info function in mp4read.c:1039. (CVE-2023-38858)

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

Solution

All FAAD2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/faad2-2.11.0

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-13

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918558

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187862

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202401-13.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2024

Updated: 1/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:faad2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38857, CVE-2023-38858