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Debian DSA-1469-1 : flac - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 30061
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Sean de Regge and Greg Linares discovered multiple heap and stack based buffer overflows in FLAC, the Free Lossless Audio Codec, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.Solution
Upgrade the flac packages.For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.1-5sarge1.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2-8.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 30061
File Name: debian_DSA-1469.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/27/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:flac, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4619, CVE-2007-6277