MGASA-2019-0018 - Updated libao packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0018.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2017-11548

A flaw was found in libao. The _tokenize_matrix function in audio_out.c
in Xiph.Org libao 1.2.0 can cause a denial of service(memory corruption)
via a crafted mp3 file (CVE-2017-11548).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23402
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/LIZBEBMU7CW7K7KQ53E4OPSRTR6DZRNO/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11548

SRPMS:
- 6/core/libao-1.2.2-3.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0018: libao security update

A flaw was found in libao

Summary

A flaw was found in libao. The _tokenize_matrix function in audio_out.c in Xiph.Org libao 1.2.0 can cause a denial of service(memory corruption) via a crafted mp3 file (CVE-2017-11548).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23402

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/LIZBEBMU7CW7K7KQ53E4OPSRTR6DZRNO/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11548

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0018 - Updated libao packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/libao-1.2.2-3.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 06 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0018.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2017-11548

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