openSUSE Security Update : libsndfile (openSUSE-2015-742)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86891

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The libsndfile package was updated to fix three security issues :

- CVE-2015-7805: fix for heap overflow via specially crafted AIFF header (bsc#953516)

- CVE-2015-8075: fix for out of bounds read access in function psf_strlcpy_crlf (bsc#953519)

- CVE-2014-9756: fix a divide-by-zero issue that can lead to an DoS (bsc#953521)

Solution

Update the affected libsndfile packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953516

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953519

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953521

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86891

File Name: openSUSE-2015-742.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2015

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs-debugsource

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9756, CVE-2015-7805, CVE-2015-8075