Fedora 10 : libsndfile-1.0.20-3.fc10 (2009-11499)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42984

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Version 1.0.20 (2009-03-14) * Fix potential heap overflow in VOC file parser (Tobias Klein, http://www.trapkit.de/). Version 1.0.19 (2009-03-02) * Fix for CVE-2009-0186 (Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research).
* Huge number of minor bug fixes as a result of static analysis.
Version 1.0.18 (2009-02-07) * Add Ogg/Vorbis support (thanks to John ffitch). * Remove captive FLAC library. * Many new features and bug fixes.

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Solution

Update the affected libsndfile package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42984

File Name: fedora_2009-11499.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/3/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libsndfile, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0186, CVE-2009-1788, CVE-2009-1791

BID: 33963, 34978

CWE: 119, 189

FEDORA: 2009-11499

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