ALAS2-2020-1529


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1529
Advisory Release Date: 2020-10-22 18:18 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-10-22 22:35 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19662)


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-1.0.25-12.amzn2.aarch64
    libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.amzn2.aarch64
    libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-12.amzn2.aarch64
    libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-12.amzn2.i686
    libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.amzn2.i686
    libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-12.amzn2.i686
    libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.amzn2.i686

src:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-12.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    libsndfile-1.0.25-12.amzn2.x86_64
    libsndfile-devel-1.0.25-12.amzn2.x86_64
    libsndfile-utils-1.0.25-12.amzn2.x86_64
    libsndfile-debuginfo-1.0.25-12.amzn2.x86_64