MGASA-2017-0197

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    MGASA-2017-0197

    Published: 29 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6892

    Summary: Updated libsndfile packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: In libsndfile, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file (CVE-2017-6892).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0197.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21138, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/DPGQ7ITAOX2UX7RHZ7RWVB3N5YVUKWOP/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsndfile

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libsndfile?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.25-9.3.mga5

    Affected versions

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