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RedHat 8 Moderate Advisory RHSA-2022-1968-01: Libsndfile Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent security advisory from Red Hat outlines a significant update for libsndfile, specifically targeting vulnerabilities associated with buffer overflows.
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: heap out-of-bounds read in src/flac.c in flac_buffer_copy (CVE-2021-4156)
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 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat moderate severity heap overflow linux libsndfile

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4156 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.6_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libsndfile-1.0.28-12.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libsndfile-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libsndfile-1.0.28-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libsndfile-1.0.28-12.el8.s390x.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.s390x.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-12.el8.s390x.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libsndfile-1.0.28-12.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-1.0.28-12.el8.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-12.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-12.el8.x86_64.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.i686.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64: libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-devel-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libsndfile-utils-debuginfo-1.0.28-12.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1968-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1968
Issue date: 2022-05-10

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat moderate severity heap overflow linux libsndfile

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

2027690 - CVE-2021-4156 libsndfile: heap out-of-bounds read in src/flac.c in flac_buffer_copy

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