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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020-1175 Low: Taglib Buffer Over-Read

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical has issued a patch for libjpeg, classified as minor risk, correcting a memory leak problem in image processing.
An update for taglib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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

TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of different audio formats.
Security Fix(es):
* taglib: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted audio file (CVE-2018-11439)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat low severity RHEL buffer over-read taglib audio formats

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11439 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: taglib-doc-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm taglib-devel-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-devel-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch: taglib-doc-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-debuginfo-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm taglib-devel-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.i686.rpm taglib-devel-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: taglib-1.8-8.20130218git.el7.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1175-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1175
Issue date: 2020-03-31

Topic

An update for taglib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat low severity RHEL buffer over-read taglib audio formats

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1584868 - CVE-2018-11439 taglib: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted audio file

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