Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : flac (ELSA-2007-0975)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67590

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0975 :

An updated flac package to correct a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

FLAC is a Free Lossless Audio Codec. The flac package consists of a FLAC encoder and decoder in library form, a program to encode and decode FLAC files, a metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for various music players.

A security flaw was found in the way flac processed audio data. An attacker could create a carefully crafted FLAC audio file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with flac libraries to crash or execute arbitrary code when it was opened. (CVE-2007-4619)

Users of flac are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that resolves this issue.

Solution

Update the affected flac packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-October/000367.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-October/000368.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67590

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0975.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:flac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:flac-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xmms-flac, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4619, CVE-2007-6277

BID: 26042

CWE: 119, 189

RHSA: 2007:0975