DSA-1972-1 audiofile -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1972-1 audiofile -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

17 Jan 2010

Affected Packages:

audiofile

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 510205.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5824.

More information:

Max Kellermann discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the handling of ADPCM WAV files in libaudiofile. This flaw could result in a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code via a crafted WAV file.

The old stable distribution (etch), this problem will be fixed in version 0.2.6-6+etch4.

The packages for the oldstable distribution are not included in this advisory. An update will be released soon.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.6-7+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.6-7.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your audiofile packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6-7+lenny1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6-7+lenny1.diff.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_sparc.deb

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