An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c.

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

  - An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer     overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c. (CVE-2018-19502)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202006-17 (FAAD2: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FAAD2. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder. These vulnerabilities might allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service, or potentially execute arbitrary code if crafted MPEG AAC files are processed.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder :

CVE-2018-19502

Heap buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels (libfaad/syntax.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2018-20196

Stack buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain (libfaad/br_hfadj.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360

NULL pointer dereference in the function ifilter_bank (libfaad/filtbank.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2019-6956

Global buffer overflow in the function ps_mix_phase (libfaad/ps_dec.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any other unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2019-15296

Buffer overflow in the function faad_resetbits (libfaad/bits.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.7-8+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your faad2 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
256660	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-19502	Nessus	Misc.	high
137454	GLSA-202006-17 : FAAD2: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
128782	Debian DSA-4522-1 : faad2 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
128305	Debian DLA-1899-1 : faad2 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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