DSA-4192-1 libmad -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4192-1 libmad -- security update

Date Reported:

04 May 2018

Affected Packages:

libmad

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-8372, CVE-2017-8373, CVE-2017-8374.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.15.1b-8+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.15.1b-8+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmad packages.

For the detailed security status of libmad please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libmad