Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : libvpx vulnerability (USN-5637-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165461

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5637-1 advisory.

It was discovered that libvpx incorrectly handled certain WebM media files. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash an application using libvpx under certain conditions, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security 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 libvpx-dev, libvpx3 and / or vpx-tools packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5637-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165461

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5637-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0034

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvpx3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vpx-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvpx-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvpx1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0034

USN: 5637-1