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Debian DSA-2412-1 : libvorbis - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58012

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a heap overflow in the Vorbis audio compression library could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Ogg Vorbis file is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the libvorbis packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.1-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libvorbis

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2412

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58012

File Name: debian_DSA-2412.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvorbis, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0444

BID: 51753

DSA: 2412