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AlmaLinux 8 : libvpx (ALSA-2024:5941)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206323

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:5941 advisory.

 * libvpx: Heap buffer overflow related to VP9 encoding (CVE-2023-6349)
 * libvpx: Integer overflow in vpx_img_alloc() (CVE-2024-5197)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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 libvpx and / or libvpx-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5941.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206323

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-5941.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/29/2024

Updated: 7/23/2025

Supported Sensors: 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:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvpx, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvpx-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability

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: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6349, CVE-2024-5197

CWE: 122, 190