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SUSE: CVE-2017-16942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-16942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/25/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/04/2018
Modified
08/21/2021

Description

In libsndfile 1.0.25 (fixed in 1.0.26), a divide-by-zero error exists in the function wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk() in wav_w64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libsndfile
  • suse-upgrade-libsndfile-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsndfile-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libsndfile-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libsndfile1
  • suse-upgrade-libsndfile1-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0351-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0352-1
  • USN-4013-1
  • USN-4704-1
  • CVE-2017-16942

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