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openSUSE: 2022:14567-2 Critical Libmad Memory Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2022
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A new security patch for libmad resolves critical buffer overflow issues, with full information available in openSUSE-SU-2022:10169-1.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libmad fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-8373: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in mad_layer_III

(boo#1036968).

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:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2022-10169=1

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libmad-devel-0.15.1b-8.1

libmad0-0.15.1b-8.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8373.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036968

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:10169-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP5 SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 .

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