Debian DSA-3355-1 : libvdpau - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 85898

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security discovered that libvdpau, the VDPAU wrapper library, did not properly validate environment variables, allowing local attackers to gain additional privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the libvdpau packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 0.4.1-7+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8-3+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85898

File Name: debian_DSA-3355.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/11/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvdpau, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5198, CVE-2015-5199, CVE-2015-5200

DSA: 3355

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