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Mageia: 2020-0400 Moderate Security Vulnerability in libpng Detected

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
New libsndfile updates on Mageia resolve a security vulnerability that potentially permits denial of service attacks or enables remote code execution.
Updated libsndfile package fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed files

Summary

Updated libsndfile package fixes security vulnerability:
It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libsndfile to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2019-3832).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25275

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4013-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3832

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/libsndfile-1.0.28-8.1.mga7

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Publication date: 23 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0300.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-3832

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