Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting libspandsp2 package, versions <0.0.6-3.2.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBSPANDSP2-2730151
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Apr 2020

Introduced: 8 Apr 2020

CVE-2018-18226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libspandsp2 to version 0.0.6-3.2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libspandsp2 package and not the libspandsp2 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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