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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : FAAD2 vulnerabilities (USN-6313-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180236

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6313-1 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in faad2 before 2.10.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function stszin located in mp4read.c. It allows an attacker to cause Code Execution. (CVE-2021-32272)

 - An issue was discovered in faad2 through 2.10.0. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the function ftypin located in mp4read.c. It allows an attacker to cause Code Execution. (CVE-2021-32273)

 - An issue was discovered in faad2 through 2.10.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function sbr_qmf_synthesis_64 located in sbr_qmf.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution. (CVE-2021-32274)

 - An issue was discovered in faad2 through 2.10.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function get_sample() located in output.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. (CVE-2021-32276)

 - An issue was discovered in faad2 through 2.10.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function sbr_qmf_analysis_32 located in sbr_qmf.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution. (CVE-2021-32277)

 - An issue was discovered in faad2 through 2.10.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function lt_prediction located in lt_predict.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution. (CVE-2021-32278)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c. (CVE-2023-38857)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the mp4info function in mp4read.c:1039. (CVE-2023-38858)

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 faad, libfaad-dev and / or libfaad2 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6313-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180236

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6313-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2023

Updated: 8/29/2023

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: 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-2021-32278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:faad, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfaad-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfaad2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32272, CVE-2021-32273, CVE-2021-32274, CVE-2021-32276, CVE-2021-32277, CVE-2021-32278, CVE-2023-38857, CVE-2023-38858

USN: 6313-1