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Fedora 43 : localsearch (2026-ba6641558a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 303311

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ba6641558a advisory.

 Add a patch for several CVEs:

 * CVE-2026-1764 - Heap Buffer Overflow in GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor
 * CVE-2026-1765 - Heap Buffer Overflow in GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor (TXXX Tags)
 * CVE-2026-1766 - Heap Buffer Overflow in GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor (ID3v2.3 COMM Tags)
 * CVE-2026-1767 - Heap Buffer Overflow in GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 localsearch package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ba6641558a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 303311

File Name: fedora_2026-ba6641558a.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2026

Updated: 3/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1767

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:localsearch, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1764, CVE-2026-1765, CVE-2026-1766, CVE-2026-1767