The _tokenize_matrix function in audio_out.c in Xiph.Org libao 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted MP3 file.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The _tokenize_matrix function in audio_out.c in Xiph.Org libao 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted MP3 file. (CVE-2017-11548)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The _tokenize_matrix function in audio_out.c in Xiph.Org libao 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a
    denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted MP3 file. (CVE-2017-11548)

Backport fix for CVE 2017-11548

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254891	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-11548	Nessus	Misc.	medium
405113	Alpine: multiple libao packages: security update to 1.2.0-r3	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
405113	Alpine: multiple libao packages: security update to 1.2.0-r3	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
405112	Alpine: multiple libao packages: security update to 1.2.0-r2	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
405112	Alpine: multiple libao packages: security update to 1.2.0-r2	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
400654	Alpine: multiple libao packages: security update to 1.2.0-r2 (deprecated)	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
400654	Alpine: multiple libao packages: security update to 1.2.0-r2 (deprecated)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
120571	Fedora 28 : libao (2018-816b63ad38)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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