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Fedora 26: 2017-9b932ec622 Critical libsndfile Info Disclose

fedora
Calendar Grey June 24, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical libsndfile patch available on Fedora 26 to address potential information leak. Use dnf tool for secure installation.
fix CVE-2017-6892

Summary

libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing sound files such as

AIFF, AU, WAV, and others through one standard interface. It can

currently read/write 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit PCM files as well as 32 and

64-bit floating point WAV files and a number of compressed formats. It

compiles and runs on *nix, MacOS, and Win32.

fix CVE-2017-6892

[ 1 ] Bug #1463326 - CVE-2017-6892 libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() function

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1463326

su -c 'dnf upgrade libsndfile' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.0.28
Release: 3.fc26
Summary: Library for reading and writing sound files

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