The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5722 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5722-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     June 26, 2024                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : libvpx     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-5197

    It was discovered that multiple integer overflows in libvpx, a     multimedia library for the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, may result in     denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

    For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed     in version 1.9.0-1+deb11u3.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 1.12.0-1+deb12u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libvpx packages.

    For the detailed security status of libvpx please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libvpx

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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

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

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Debian dsa-5722 : libvpx-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 201050

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Jul 3, 2024, 2:36 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202407030236
Version 1.2 Jul 2, 2024, 12:53 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202407021253
Version 1.1 Jun 27, 2024, 1:48 AM New Plugin Feed: 202406270148