Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsndfile package, versions <1.0.28-5
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBSNDFILE-316546
- published 29 Nov 2018
- disclosed 29 Nov 2018
Introduced: 29 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19661 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 libsndfile to version 1.0.28-5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile package and not the libsndfile package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2ulaw_array in ulaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19661
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19661
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00016.html
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/429
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19661
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
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