SB2019092450 - Buffer overflow in faad2 (Alpine package)
Published: September 24, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019092450
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20361)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the hf_assembly function of libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=345e3811719177be2d2edbf507a394cf92cfccb6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3a9fa508128d243abee97ef41bd84a7847515f61
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e84bc7cecdbbd1563791416fd42384b047dc8c52
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fc0275095ee7d946a66d1f1e4713a943ccc05b78
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3f110aff54a0ff10332ae53c70a0fdc4fbd9f4ec