MGASA-2023-0336 - Updated audiofile packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 04 Dec 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0336.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-24599

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability

In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak
vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows an attacker
to leak sensitive information via a crafted file. The printfileinfo
function calls the copyrightstring function to get data, however, it
dosn't use zero bytes to truncate the data. (CVE-2022-24599)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32561
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTETOUJNRR75REYJZTBGF6TAJZYTMXUY/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24599

SRPMS:
- 9/core/audiofile-0.3.6-12.1.mga9

Mageia 2023-0336: audiofile security update

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows a...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability
In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows an attacker to leak sensitive information via a crafted file. The printfileinfo function calls the copyrightstring function to get data, however, it dosn't use zero bytes to truncate the data. (CVE-2022-24599)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32561

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTETOUJNRR75REYJZTBGF6TAJZYTMXUY/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24599

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0336 - Updated audiofile packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/audiofile-0.3.6-12.1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 04 Dec 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0336.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-24599

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