RHEL 8 : libvpx (RHSA-2020:4629)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142413

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4629 advisory.

- libvpx: Double free in ParseContentEncodingEntry() in mkvparser.cc (CVE-2019-2126)

- libvpx: Out of bounds read in vp8_norm table (CVE-2019-9232)

- libvpx: Resource exhaustion after memory leak in mkvparser.cc (CVE-2019-9371)

- libvpx: Use-after-free in vp8_deblock() in vp8/common/postproc.c (CVE-2019-9433)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libvpx and / or libvpx-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2126

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9232

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9371

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9433

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4629

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1788966

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1788994

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1789004

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1789008

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142413

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4629.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvpx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvpx-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2126, CVE-2019-9232, CVE-2019-9371, CVE-2019-9433

CWE: 125, 200, 400, 416, 672

RHSA: 2020:4629