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Debian DLA-1380-1 : libmad security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 109924
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed.For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.15.1b-7+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libmad packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected libmad0, and libmad0-dev packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00011.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 109924
File Name: debian_DLA-1380.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/21/2018
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: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmad0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmad0-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2018