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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-3970

high Nessus Plugin ID 218334

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The pa_rtp_recv function in modules/rtp/rtp.c in the module-rtp-recv module in PulseAudio 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via an empty UDP packet. (CVE-2014-3970)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3970

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 218334

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_3970.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-module-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-gdm-hooks, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-libs-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-qpaeq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-module-gconf, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-qpaeq, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-module-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-gdm-hooks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-module-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-module-gconf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-module-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-esound-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-esound-compat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulseaudio-libs-glib2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3970