Fedora 21 : libsndfile (2015-0f405832d3)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89146

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 21 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2015-0f405832d3 advisory.

libsndfile-1.0.25-17.fc22

- fix CVE-2015-7805: Heap overflow vulnerability when parsing specially crafted AIFF header

libsndfile-1.0.25-16.fc21

- fix CVE-2015-7805: Heap overflow vulnerability when parsing specially crafted AIFF header

libsndfile-1.0.25-17.fc23

- fix CVE-2015-7805: Heap overflow vulnerability when parsing specially crafted AIFF header

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 libsndfile package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89146

File Name: fedora_2015-0f405832d3.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 8/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7805

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libsndfile, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7805

FEDORA: 2015-0f405832d3

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