ALAS2-2018-981


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