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CentOS 6 / 7 : flac (CESA-2015:0767)
high Nessus Plugin ID 82478
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated flac packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The flac packages contain a decoder and an encoder for the FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) audio file format.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way flac decoded FLAC audio files. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash or execute arbitrary code when the file was read. (CVE-2014-9028)
A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way flac processed certain ID3v2 metadata. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash when the file was read. (CVE-2014-8962)
All flac users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the update, all applications linked against the flac library must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected flac packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82478
File Name: centos_RHSA-2015-0767.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2015
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8962
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flac-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flac-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-8962, CVE-2014-9028
RHSA: 2015:0767