A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file.

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

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

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

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the speex-1.2.0-11.el9 build changelog.

  - divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:7979 advisory.

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-7979 advisory.

    - CVE-2020-23903 speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7979 advisory.

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7979 advisory.

    Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice     communications at low bit-rates.

    Security Fix(es):

    * speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file (CVE-2020-23903)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the speex package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5280-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Speex incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1538-1 advisory.

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3858-1 advisory.

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3860-1 advisory.

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:3860-1 advisory.

  - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
229883	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-23903	Nessus	Misc.	medium
191360	CentOS 9 : speex-1.2.0-11.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
184673	Rocky Linux 9 : speex (RLSA-2022:7979)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
168080	Oracle Linux 9 : speex (ELSA-2022-7979)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
167957	AlmaLinux 9 : speex (ALSA-2022:7979)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
167593	RHEL 9 : speex (RHSA-2022:7979)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
161536	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : speex (EulerOS-SA-2022-1765)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
160123	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : speex (EulerOS-SA-2022-1552)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
157882	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Speex vulnerability (USN-5280-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
155879	openSUSE 15 Security Update : speex (openSUSE-SU-2021:1538-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
155816	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : speex (SUSE-SU-2021:3858-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
155794	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : speex (SUSE-SU-2021:3860-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
155776	openSUSE 15 Security Update : speex (openSUSE-SU-2021:3860-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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