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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11552: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11552: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/01/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

mpg321.c in mpg321 0.3.2-1 does not properly manage memory for use with libmad 0.15.1b, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption seen in a crash in the mad_decoder_run function in decoder.c in libmad) via a crafted MP3 file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libmad

References

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