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SUSE: CVE-2017-7742: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-7742: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
08/12/2021

Description

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with read memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.

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-2017:1030-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1040-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1236-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1367-1
  • GLSA-201707-04
  • CVE-2017-7742
  • DLA-928-1
  • USN-3306-1
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