Fedora 32 : mingw-wavpack (2021-2e2fc2eac6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 146839
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VPR Score: 4.2

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-2e2fc2eac6 advisory.

 - WavPack 5.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write in WavpackPackSamples in pack_utils.c because of an integer overflow in a malloc argument. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later unofficial releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected. (CVE-2020-35738)

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 mingw-wavpack package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-2e2fc2eac6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 146839

File Name: fedora_2021-2e2fc2eac6.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2021

Updated: 4/12/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 4.2

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35738

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-wavpack

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35738