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AlmaLinux 9 : speex (ALSA-2022:7979)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167957

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7979 advisory.

 - A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. (CVE-2020-23903)

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 speex and / or speex-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7979.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167957

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7979.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-23903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:speex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:speex-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-23903

CWE: 369