openSUSE Security Update : libsndfile (openSUSE-2015-820)

High Nessus Plugin ID 87084

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VPR Score: 6.7

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The libsndfile package was updated to fix the following security issue :

 - CVE-2014-9756: Fixed a divide by zero problem that can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) (bsc#953521).

 - CVE-2015-7805: Fixed heap overflow issue (bsc#953516).

 - CVE-2015-8075: Fixed heap overflow issue (bsc#953519).

Solution

Update the affected libsndfile packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953516

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953519

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953521

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87084

File Name: openSUSE-2015-820.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2015/11/30

Updated: 2021/01/19

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 6.7

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2015/11/27

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9756, CVE-2015-7805, CVE-2015-8075