ALAS2-2020-1435


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1435
Advisory Release Date: 2020-06-16 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-06-17 23:40 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in common.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. The vulnerability can be triggered by the executable sndfile-deinterleave. (CVE-2018-13139)


Affected Packages:

libsndfile


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 libsndfile to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-11.amzn2.aarch64
    libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.amzn2.aarch64
    libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-11.amzn2.aarch64
    libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-11.amzn2.i686
    libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.amzn2.i686
    libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-11.amzn2.i686
    libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.amzn2.i686

src:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-11.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-11.amzn2.x86_64
    libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-11.amzn2.x86_64
    libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-11.amzn2.x86_64
    libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-11.amzn2.x86_64