SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libsndfile (SUSE-SU-2018:0352-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106605

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-16942: Divide-by-zero in the function wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk(), which may lead to Denial of service (bsc#1069874).

- CVE-2017-6892: Fixed an out-of-bounds read memory access in the aiff_read_chanmap() (bsc#1043978).

- CVE-2017-14634: In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero error exists in the function double64_init() in double64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file. (bsc#1059911)

- CVE-2017-14245: An out of bounds read in the function d2alaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack or information disclosure, related to mishandling of the NAN and INFINITY floating-point values. (bsc#1059912)

- CVE-2017-14246: An out of bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array() in ulaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack or information disclosure, related to mishandling of the NAN and INFINITY floating-point values.(bsc#1059913)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-247=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-247=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-247=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-247=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-247=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-247=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-247=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043978

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059911

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059912

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059913

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069874

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14245/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14246/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14634/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16942/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6892/

http://www.nessus.org/u?757aa169

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106605

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0352-1.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2018

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14245, CVE-2017-14246, CVE-2017-14634, CVE-2017-16942, CVE-2017-6892