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openSUSE: 2018:2214-1 Moderate: Libsndfile DoS Patches Available

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2018
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Important patch for openSUSE libsndfile addresses multiple security vulnerabilities, notably a buffer overflow and potential Denial of Service threats.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-13139: Fix a stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in

common.c that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

(bsc#1100167).

- CVE-2017-17456: Prevent segmentation fault in the function

d2alaw_array() that may have lead to a remote DoS (bsc#1071777)

- CVE-2017-17457: Prevent segmentation fault in the function

d2ulaw_array() that may have lead to a remote DoS, a different

vulnerability than CVE-2017-14246 (bsc#1071767)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow DoS libsndfile openSUSE

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-2018-804=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile-progs-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile-progs-debuginfo-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile-progs-debugsource-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile1-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile1-debuginfo-1.0.25-34.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libsndfile1-32bit-1.0.25-34.1

libsndfile1-debuginfo-32bit-1.0.25-34.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17456.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17457.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13139.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1071767

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1071777

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100167

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2214-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow DoS libsndfile openSUSE

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