DSA-1742-1 libsndfile -- integer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-0186  

Alan Rad Pop discovered that libsndfile, a library to read and write sampled audio data, is prone to an integer overflow. This causes a heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted CAF description chunks possibly leading to arbitrary code execution. For the oldstable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2+etch1. For the stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.17-4+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.19-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1742-1 libsndfile -- integer overflow

Date Reported:
16 Mar 2009
Affected Packages:
libsndfile
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 33963.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-0186.
More information:

Alan Rad Pop discovered that libsndfile, a library to read and write sampled audio data, is prone to an integer overflow. This causes a heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted CAF description chunks possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

For the oldstable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2+etch4.

For the stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.17-4+lenny1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.19-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16-2+etch4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16-2+etch4.diff.gz
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch4_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.17-4+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.17.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.17-4+lenny1.dsc
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_arm.deb
:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.17-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.17-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.17-4+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.