Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-981
Advisory Release Date: 2018-03-22 22:02 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-03-26 22:10 Pacific
Severity:
Critical
Issue Overview:
Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08):
An out of bounds write flaw was found in the processing of vorbis audio data. A maliciously crafted file or audio stream could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5146)
Affected Packages:
libvorbis
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libvorbis to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
libvorbis-devel-docs-1.3.3-8.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
libvorbis-1.3.3-8.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
libvorbis-1.3.3-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libvorbis-devel-1.3.3-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libvorbis-debuginfo-1.3.3-8.amzn2.0.1.x86_64