Debian DLA-1899-1 : faad2 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 128305

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder :

CVE-2018-19502

Heap buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels (libfaad/syntax.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2018-20196

Stack buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain (libfaad/br_hfadj.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360

NULL pointer dereference in the function ifilter_bank (libfaad/filtbank.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2019-6956

Global buffer overflow in the function ps_mix_phase (libfaad/ps_dec.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any other unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data.

CVE-2019-15296

Buffer overflow in the function faad_resetbits (libfaad/bits.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.7-8+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your faad2 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128305

File Name: debian_DLA-1899.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2019

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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:debian:debian_linux:faad, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:faad2-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfaad-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfaad2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19502, CVE-2018-20196, CVE-2018-20199, CVE-2018-20360, CVE-2019-15296, CVE-2019-6956

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