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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libvdpau vulnerabilities (USN-2729-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 85797

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Synopsis

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

Description

Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libvdpau-dev and / or libvdpau1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2729-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 85797

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2729-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5199

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5200

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvdpau1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvdpau-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5198, CVE-2015-5199, CVE-2015-5200

USN: 2729-1