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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-13440: Security patch for audiofile (ALAS-2020-1501)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-13440: Security patch for audiofile (ALAS-2020-1501)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/08/2018
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The audiofile Audio File Library 0.3.6 has a NULL pointer dereference bug in ModuleState::setup in modules/ModuleState.cpp, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted caf file, as demonstrated by sfconvert.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-audiofile
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-audiofile-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-audiofile-devel

References

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