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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2015-7747: Security patch for audiofile (ALAS-2024-2601)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2015-7747: Security patch for audiofile (ALAS-2024-2601)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/19/2020
Created
07/23/2024
Added
07/23/2024
Modified
07/23/2024

Description

Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-audiofile
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-audiofile-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-audiofile-devel

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