Alpine: multiple lame packages: security update to 3.99.5-r5

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435809

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The lame_init_params function in lame.c in libmp3lame.a in LAME 3.99.5 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (invalid read and application crash) via a crafted audio file with a negative sample
rate. (CVE-2015-9099)

- The fill_buffer_resample function in util.c in libmp3lame.a in LAME 3.99.5 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.
(CVE-2015-9100)

- The unpack_read_samples function in frontend/get_audio.c in LAME 3.99.5 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted wav file. (CVE-2017-9412)

- There is a division-by-zero vulnerability in LAME 3.99.5, caused by a malformed input file.
(CVE-2017-11720)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 435809

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 11/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11720

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9099, CVE-2015-9100, CVE-2017-11720, CVE-2017-9412

BID: 99278, 99279

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