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RedHat: RHSA-2020-1185 Moderate: Libsndfile Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An update for libsndfile mitigates a significant security concern on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. More information within.
An update for libsndfile 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

libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound, such as AIFF, AU, or WAV.
Security Fix(es):
* libsndfile: stack-based buffer overflow in sndfile-deinterleave utility (CVE-2018-13139)
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 buffer overflow software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity security impact libsndfile

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13139 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate 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: libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.ppc.rpm libsndfile-1.0.25-11.el7.ppc64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.ppc.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1185-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1185
Issue date: 2020-03-31

Topic

An update for libsndfile is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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 buffer overflow software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity security impact libsndfile

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1598480 - CVE-2018-13139 libsndfile: stack-based buffer overflow in sndfile-deinterleave utility

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