Security update for flac

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0920-1
Rating: low
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-6888 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-6888 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6888 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for flac fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-6888: An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function could be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file (bsc#1091045).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-920=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libFLAC++6-debuginfo-1.3.2-3.3.20
    • flac-devel-1.3.2-3.3.20
    • libFLAC8-debuginfo-1.3.2-3.3.20
    • libFLAC++6-1.3.2-3.3.20
    • flac-debuginfo-1.3.2-3.3.20
    • libFLAC8-1.3.2-3.3.20
    • flac-debugsource-1.3.2-3.3.20

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