Security update for libsndfile

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2074-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-17456 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-17456 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-17457 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-17457 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-13139 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-13139 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-13139: Fix a stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in common.c that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1100167).
  • CVE-2017-17456: Prevent segmentation fault in the function d2alaw_array() that may have lead to a remote DoS (bsc#1071777)
  • CVE-2017-17457: Prevent segmentation fault in the function d2ulaw_array() that may have lead to a remote DoS, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14246 (bsc#1071767)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1404=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libsndfile1-debuginfo-1.0.28-5.5.1
    • libsndfile-devel-1.0.28-5.5.1
    • libsndfile-debugsource-1.0.28-5.5.1
    • libsndfile1-1.0.28-5.5.1

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