Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0231 (afflib)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0231: Updated afflib packages fix security vulnerability 
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Sat, 12 May 2018 09:58:41 +0200
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MGASA-2018-0231 - Updated afflib packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 12 May 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0231.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5, 6
CVE: CVE-2018-8050

Description:
A flaw was found in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16. The af_get_page()
function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (segmentation fault) via a corrupt AFF image that triggers an
unexpected pagesize value (CVE-2018-8050).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22852
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8050

SRPMS:
- 5/core/afflib-3.7.4-4.1.mga5
- 6/core/afflib-3.7.10-1.1.mga6