The insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted mid file. NOTE: a crash might be relevant when using the --background option.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted mid file. NOTE: a crash might     be relevant when using the --background option. (CVE-2017-11546)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

qflb.wu of DBAPPSecurity reports :

Ihe insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted mid file.

The resample_gauss function in resample.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(heap-buffer-overflow) via a crafted mid file.

The play_midi function in playmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mid file.

- Security fix for [CVE-2017-11546, CVE-2017-11547]

  - Fix the .desktop files so that opening a .mid file from     a GUI filemanager works

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for timidity fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-11546: Fix division-by-zero with malformed MIDI     file (boo#1081694)

  - CVE-2017-11547: Fix out-of-bound accesses in the     resamplers (boo#1081694)

Other issues fixed :

  - Drop tcl/tk dependency; it's already broken with Tcl/Tk     8.6

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254665	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-11546	Nessus	Misc.	medium
134258	FreeBSD : TiMidity++ -- Multiple vulnerabilities (d37407bd-5c5f-11ea-bb2a-8c164582fbac)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
120556	Fedora 28 : timidity++ (2018-7c2e288c5f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
110626	Fedora 27 : timidity++ (2018-303a46d436)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
106999	openSUSE Security Update : timidity (openSUSE-2018-208)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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