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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : FLAC vulnerabilities (USN-2426-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79622

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Michele Spagnuolo discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled certain malformed audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2426-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79622

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2426-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9028

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libflac%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libflac-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libflac8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:flac, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libflac%2b%2b-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8962, CVE-2014-9028

BID: 71280, 71282

USN: 2426-1