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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-22219: ELSA-2023-5048: flac security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-22219: ELSA-2023-5048: flac security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
09/14/2023
Added
09/13/2023
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder. A flaw was found in the libeconf library. This issue occurs due to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the bitwriter_grow_ function in FLAC that allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-flac
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-flac-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-flac-libs

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