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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-19662: Security patch for libsndfile (ALAS-2020-1529)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-19662: Security patch for libsndfile (ALAS-2020-1529)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/29/2018
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libsndfile
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libsndfile-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libsndfile-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libsndfile-utils

References

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