Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libvorbis (MDVSA-2012:052)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58585

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libvorbis :

If a specially crafted Ogg Vorbis media file was opened by an application using libvorbis, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application (CVE-2012-0444).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786026

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58585

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-052.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 4/4/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64vorbis-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64vorbis0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64vorbisenc2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64vorbisfile3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libvorbis-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libvorbis0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libvorbisenc2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libvorbisfile3, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0444

BID: 51753

MDVSA: 2012:052