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Red Hat: RHSA-2018:0649-01 Important: Libvorbis Out Of Bounds Write

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2018
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A critical patch for libvorbis in Red Hat Enterprise Linux resolves possible vulnerabilities in audio handling.
An update for libvorbis is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The libvorbis package contains runtime libraries for use in programs that support Ogg Vorbis, a fully open, non-proprietary, patent- and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed format for audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08) (CVE-2018-5146)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla Project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Richard Zhu via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative as the original reporter.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5146 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.src.rpm
i386: libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm
noarch: libvorbis-devel-docs-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.src.rpm
x86_64: libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
noarch: libvorbis-devel-docs-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-debuginfo-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.i686.rpm libvorbis-devel-1.2.3-5.el6_9.1.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:0649-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0649
Issue date: 2018-04-05

Topic

An update for libvorbis is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat important out of bounds libvorbis audio processing

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1557221 - CVE-2018-5146 Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08)

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