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Debian dla-4198 : espeak-ng - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237620

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4198 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4198-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz May 31, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : espeak-ng Version : 1.50+dfsg-7+deb11u2 CVE ID : CVE-2023-49990 CVE-2023-49991 CVE-2023-49992 CVE-2023-49993 CVE-2023-49994


 Several issues have been found in espeak-ng, a Multi-lingual software speech synthesizer.
 The issues are related to buffer overflow or underflow in several functions and a floating point exception.



 For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 1.50+dfsg-7+deb11u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your espeak-ng packages.

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

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequen

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the espeak-ng packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/espeak-ng

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49990

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49991

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49992

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49993

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49994

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/espeak-ng

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237620

File Name: debian_DLA-4198.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2025

Updated: 5/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49993

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:espeak-ng, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:espeak-ng-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:espeak-ng-data-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:espeak-ng-espeak, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libespeak-ng-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libespeak-ng-libespeak-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libespeak-ng-libespeak1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libespeak-ng1

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: 5/31/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49990, CVE-2023-49991, CVE-2023-49992, CVE-2023-49993, CVE-2023-49994