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openSUSE 15.0 Update: 2019:1225-1 Low: flac Memory Leak Resolution

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 17, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Patch released for flac mitigates minor flaw that could lead to memory leak. Guidelines for installation included.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for flac fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-6888: An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function

could be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC

file (bsc#1091045).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1225=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

flac-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

flac-debuginfo-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

flac-debugsource-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

flac-devel-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC++6-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC++6-debuginfo-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC8-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC8-debuginfo-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

flac-doc-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

flac-devel-32bit-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC++6-32bit-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC++6-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC8-32bit-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

libFLAC8-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.2-lp150.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6888.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091045

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1225-1
Rating: low
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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