DSA-1442-1 libsndfile -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1442-1 libsndfile -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

29 Dec 2007

Affected Packages:

libsndfile

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-4974.

More information:

Rubert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile, a library for reading / writing audio files, performs insufficient boundary checks when processing FLAC files, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:

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.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16-2.dsc

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2_sparc.deb

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