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Fedora 7 : speex-1.2-0.3.beta1 (2008-3191)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31982

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security update: Add mode checks to speex_packet_to_header() to protect applications using speex library and not having proper checks (CVE-2008-1686, #441239, https://trac.xiph.org/changeset/14701)

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Solution

Update the affected speex package.

See Also

https://trac.xiph.org/changeset/14701

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441239

http://www.nessus.org/u?a3823ed0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31982

File Name: fedora_2008-3191.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:speex, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1686

BID: 28665

CWE: 189

FEDORA: 2008-3191