Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: speex / speex-debuginfo / speex-debugsource / speex-devel (crlsa-2022_7979)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 357400

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2022_7979 advisory.

* speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file (CVE-2020-23903)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2022_7979.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7979

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024250

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:7979

http://www.nessus.org/u?9e6b0aae

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe70bce5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 357400

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2022_7979.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-23903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-23903