SuSE 11.3 Security Update : flac (SAT Patch Number 10029)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79761

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

flac was updated to fix two security issues :

- Stack overflow may result in arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2014-8962)

- Heap overflow via specially crafted .flac files.
(CVE-2014-9028)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10029.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906831

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907016

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8962.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9028.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79761

File Name: suse_11_flac-141201.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/6/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libflac8-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libflac8

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8962, CVE-2014-9028