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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2020-1636-01 Moderate Libsndfile Bug

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu has issued a significant security patch for libsndfile to fix vulnerabilities related to buffer overflows and data leakage. Ensure your system is updated!
An update for libsndfile is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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)
* libsndfile: buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c (CVE-2018-19662)
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 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE issues libsndfile security impact moderate

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13139 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19662 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.28-10.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libsndfile-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libsndfile-1.0.28-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libsndfile-1.0.28-10.el8.s390x.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.s390x.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-10.el8.s390x.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libsndfile-1.0.28-10.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-1.0.28-10.el8.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-10.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-10.el8.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64: libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-10.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1636-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1636
Issue date: 2020-04-28

Topic

An update for libsndfile is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 security issue buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE issues libsndfile security impact moderate

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

1659631 - CVE-2018-19662 libsndfile: buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c

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