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SUSE: 2018:3588-2 Moderate: Audiofile Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has issued a security patch that resolves a significant vulnerability in audiofile, tackling an urgent buffer overflow issue. Full report enclosed.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for audiofile fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-17095: A heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run could occurred when running sfconvert leading to crashes or code execution when handling untrusted soundfiles (bsc#1111586). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2542=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2542=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2542=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow code execution SUSE audiofile

References

#1111586

Cross- CVE-2018-17095

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17095.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111586

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3588-2
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow code execution SUSE audiofile

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