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Echo: alsa-lib: security update to 1.2.14-1+e4

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 472818

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 denial of service vulnerability in the multi PCM plugin that fails to
 validate sparse binding indices before array access. Attackers can supply a malicious ALSA configuration
 file with sparse bindings to trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the
 application to abort. (CVE-2026-96675)

Solution

Update the alsa-lib library and its related packages to version 1.2.14-1+e4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-96675

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 472818

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/5/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96675

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96675