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Fedora 26: b3c6d9e9b2 Vital: Libsndfile Security Patch Updates

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Notice for Fedora 26: A significant update has been released to tackle severe buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libsndfile, enhancing overall application reliability.
* updated to 1.0.28 * fixes possible buffer overflow when parsing crafted ID3 tags (#1440758, CVE-2017-7586) * fixes possible buffer overflow when parsing crafted flac file (#14407...

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.

* updated to 1.0.28 * fixes possible buffer overflow when parsing crafted ID3

tags (#1440758, CVE-2017-7586) * fixes possible buffer overflow when parsing

crafted flac file (#1440756, CVE-2017-7585)

[ 1 ] Bug #1440756 - CVE-2017-7585 libsndfile: Stack-based buffer overflow in flac_buffer_copy()

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440756

[ 2 ] Bug #1440758 - CVE-2017-7586 libsndfile: Error in header_read() causing stack-based buffer overflow

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440758

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

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.0.28
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: Library for reading and writing sound files

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