Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsndfile-debugsource package, versions <0:1.0.28-10.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBSNDFILEDEBUGSOURCE-3302944
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libsndfile-debugsource to version 0:1.0.28-10.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:1636.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile-debugsource package and not the libsndfile-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.