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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2288-1 (libsndfile)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to libsndfile announced via advisory DSA 2288-1.

Insight

Insight

Hossein Lotfi discovered an integer overflow in libsndfile's code to parse Paris Audio files, which could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.17-4+lenny3. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.21-3+squeeze1 For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.25-1.

Solution

Solution

We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)