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Rocky Linux 8 : libvpx (RLSA-2024:5941)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 207310
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Synopsis
The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-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 Rocky Linux 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 packages.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5941
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 207310
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-5941.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Published: 9/16/2024
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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvpx, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvpx-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvpx-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvpx-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-6349, CVE-2024-5197
IAVA: 2024-A-0464