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openSUSE Security Update : snack (openSUSE-2015-183)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81563

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

snack was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2012-6303: Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size in a WAV file (bnc#793860).

Solution

Update the affected snack packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793860

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81563

File Name: openSUSE-2015-183.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:snack, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:snack-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:snack-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6303