ALSA-2020:1636

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    ALSA-2020:1636

    Published: 28 Apr 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: libsndfile security update

    Details: libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound, such as AIFF, AU, or WAV. Security Fix(es): * libsndfile: stack-based buffer overflow in sndfile-deinterleave utility (CVE-2018-13139) * libsndfile: buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c (CVE-2018-19662) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsndfile-devel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/libsndfile-devel

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.28-10.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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