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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libsndfile (SUSE-SU-2017:1030-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 99460
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues :- CVE-2017-7585,CVE-2017-7741,CVE-2017-7742: Some stack-based buffer overflows via a specially crafted FLAC file were fixed (error in the 'flac_buffer_copy()' function) (bsc#1033054, bsc#1033914, bsc#1033915).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libsndfile-13064=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-libsndfile-13064=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libsndfile-13064=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033054
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033914
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033915
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7585/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7741/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 99460
File Name: suse_SU-2017-1030-1.nasl
Version: 3.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/19/2017
Updated: 12/25/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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-2017-7742
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
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2017