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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PulseAudio vulnerability (USN-4519-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140651

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4519-1 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4519-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140651

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4519-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15710

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse-mainloop-glib0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulse0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpulsedsp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-esound-compat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-droid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-gconf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-jack, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-lirc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-raop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-trust-store, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-module-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pulseaudio-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15710

USN: 4519-1