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Fedora 23 : libsndfile-1.0.25-18.fc23 (2015-71b291686c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89284

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

fix CVE-2015-7805 libsndfile: Heap overflow vulnerability when parsing specially crafted AIFF header

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libsndfile package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277915

http://www.nessus.org/u?4515b216

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89284

File Name: fedora_2015-71b291686c.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libsndfile

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8075