Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU63043
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4156
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the flac_read_loop() function in flac.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected package libsndfile to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 8 - 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP3 - 12-SP4
HPE Helion Openstack: 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-BCL - 12-SP5
SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 8 - 9
libsndfile-devel: before 1.0.25-36.26.1
libsndfile1-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.0.25-36.26.1
libsndfile1-debuginfo: before 1.0.25-36.26.1
libsndfile1-32bit: before 1.0.25-36.26.1
libsndfile1: before 1.0.25-36.26.1
libsndfile-debugsource: before 1.0.25-36.26.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220034-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.