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AlmaLinux 9 : pipewire (ALSA-2026:61240)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 342428

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:61240 advisory.

 * pipewire: RAOP RTSP NULL Deref (CVE-2026-14324)
 * pipewire: Pulse Server alloca Stack Overflow (CVE-2026-14330)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61240

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-61240.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 342428

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-61240.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/2/2026

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-14324

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-alsa, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-module-x11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pipewire

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-14324, CVE-2026-14330

CWE: 476, 770

RHSA: 2026:61240