Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c.

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

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and     cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c. (CVE-2023-38857)

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-202401-13 (FAAD2: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and     cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c. (CVE-2023-38857)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and     cause a denial of service via the mp4info function in mp4read.c:1039. (CVE-2023-38858)

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

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

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and
    cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c. (CVE-2023-38857)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6313-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FAAD2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-32272, CVE-2021-32273, CVE-2021-32274, CVE-2021-32277, CVE-2021-32278,     CVE-2023-38857, CVE-2023-38858)

    It was discovered that FAAD2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-32276)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
250560	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-38857	Nessus	Misc.	medium
187862	GLSA-202401-13 : FAAD2: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
408007	Alpine: multiple faad2 packages: security update to 2.11.0-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
408007	Alpine: multiple faad2 packages: security update to 2.11.0-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
180236	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : FAAD2 vulnerabilities (USN-6313-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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