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Debian dsa-5928 : libvpx-dev - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237426

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5928 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5928-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 28, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : libvpx CVE ID : CVE-2025-5283 Debian Bug : 1106689

 It was discovered that a double-free in the encoder of 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 stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.0-1+deb12u4.

 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-2025-5283

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237426

File Name: debian_DSA-5928.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2025

Updated: 5/28/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5283