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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-3922-01 Low: libsndfile Buffer Over-Read Risk

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat tackles a critical vulnerability in libsndfile for Enterprise Linux 7, providing comprehensive advisory notes and remediation steps.
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: 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 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity libsndfile buffer over-read

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19662 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.el7.i686.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.ppc.rpm libsndfile-1.0.25-12.el7.ppc64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.ppc.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3922-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3922
Issue date: 2020-09-29

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 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity libsndfile buffer over-read

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

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

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