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Echo: alsa-lib: security update to 1.2.14-1+e3

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461236

Description

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

 - alsa-lib through 1.2.16.1 contains a stack buffer overflow in the __snd_ctl_ascii_elem_id_parse() function
 that writes one byte past a 64-byte buffer when parsing a name= field with 64 or more characters.
 Attackers can supply a long control-element identifier string through saved state files or command-line
 arguments to overwrite adjacent stack memory and crash the calling process. (CVE-2026-90781)

Solution

Update the alsa-lib library and its related packages to version 1.2.14-1+e3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-90781

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461236

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 53.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-90781

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-90781