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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16-2.diff.gz
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.