SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libsndfile (SUSE-SU-2021:2764-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152642

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2764-1 advisory.

- CVE-2018-13139: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in common.c in libsndfile 1.0.28allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (bsc#1100167)
- CVE-2018-19432: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in the function sf_write_int in sndfile.c, which will lead to a denial of service. (bsc#1116993)
- CVE-2021-3246: Fixed a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in msadpcm_decode_block. (bsc#1188540)
- CVE-2018-19758: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service. (bsc#1117954)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 libsndfile-devel, libsndfile1 and / or libsndfile1-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152642

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2764-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-13139, CVE-2018-19432, CVE-2018-19758, CVE-2021-3246

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2764-1

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