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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : MediaInfoLib vulnerabilities (USN-5237-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183173

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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 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5237-1 advisory.

 - In MediaInfoLib in MediaArea MediaInfo 20.03, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in Streams_Fill_PerStream in Multiple/File_MpegPs.cpp (aka an off-by-one during MpegPs parsing).
 (CVE-2020-15395)

 - Mediainfo before version 20.08 has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability via MediaInfoLib::File_Gxf::ChooseParser_ChannelGrouping. (CVE-2020-26797)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5237-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183173

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5237-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

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-2020-15395

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:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmediainfo-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmediainfo0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmediainfo0v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-mediainfodll, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-mediainfodll

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: 8/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15395, CVE-2020-26797

USN: 5237-1