Debian DSA-3526-1 : libmatroska - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90125

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that libmatroska, an extensible open standard audio/video container format, incorrectly processed EBML lacing. By providing maliciously crafted input, an attacker could use this flaw to force some leakage of information located in the process heap memory.

Solution

Upgrade the libmatroska packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0-2+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-2+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90125

File Name: debian_DSA-3526.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/24/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmatroska

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8792

DSA: 3526

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