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Debian dsa-5722 : libvpx-dev - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201050

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5722 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5722-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff June 26, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : libvpx CVE ID : CVE-2024-5197

 It was discovered that multiple integer overflows in libvpx, a multimedia library for the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, may result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

 For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.0-1+deb11u3.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.0-1+deb12u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your libvpx packages.

 For the detailed security status of libvpx please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libvpx

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libvpx-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libvpx

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5197

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/libvpx

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/libvpx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201050

File Name: debian_DSA-5722.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2024

Updated: 7/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 5.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vpx-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvpx-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5197