Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0338 (libsndfile)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0338: Updated libsndfile packages fix security vulnerability 
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Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:22:17 +0200
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MGASA-2017-0338 - Updated libsndfile packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 14 Sep 2017
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0338.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5, 6
CVE: CVE-2017-12562

Description:
It was discovered that a Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the
psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21618
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483140
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12562

SRPMS:
- 5/core/libsndfile-1.0.25-9.4.mga5
- 6/core/libsndfile-1.0.28-3.1.mga6