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+etch1.
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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6-7+lenny1.dsc
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.