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openSUSE Leap 42.3: openSUSE-SU-2018:1733-1 Low Severity DoS

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2018
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Resolving a NULL reference problem in aubio results in a Denial of Service vulnerability when processing specially designed audio files on openSUSE.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for aubio fixes the following security issue:

- CVE-2017-17554: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the function

aubio_source_avcodec_readframe which may have lead to DoS when playing a

crafted audio file (bsc#1072317).

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update DoS low severity openSUSE patch instructions aubio

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-651=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

aubio-debugsource-0.4.1-9.6.2

aubio-tools-0.4.1-9.6.2

aubio-tools-debuginfo-0.4.1-9.6.2

libaubio-devel-0.4.1-9.6.2

libaubio4-0.4.1-9.6.2

libaubio4-debuginfo-0.4.1-9.6.2

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libaubio4-32bit-0.4.1-9.6.2

libaubio4-debuginfo-32bit-0.4.1-9.6.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17554.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072317

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1733-1
Rating: low
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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security advisory software update DoS low severity openSUSE patch instructions aubio

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