openSUSE Security Update: Security update for snack ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:3016-1 Rating: important References: #793860 Cross-References: CVE-2012-6303 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for snack fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2012-6303: Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size in a WAV file. (bnc#793860)
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1277=1
- openSUSE Leap 42.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1277=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
snack-2.2.10-220.1 snack-debuginfo-2.2.10-220.1 snack-debugsource-2.2.10-220.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):
snack-2.2.10-217.3.1 snack-debuginfo-2.2.10-217.3.1 snack-debugsource-2.2.10-217.3.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6303.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/793860