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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9594bf8b90ff --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200710-04"> + <title>libsndfile: Buffer overflow</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in libsndfile. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libsndfile</product> + <announced>2007-10-07</announced> + <revised count="01">2007-10-07</revised> + <bug>192834</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libsndfile" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0.17-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.17-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libsndfile is a library for reading and writing various formats of + audio files including WAV and FLAC. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Robert Buchholz of the Gentoo Security team discovered that the + flac_buffer_copy() function does not correctly handle FLAC streams with + variable block sizes which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow + (CVE-2007-4974). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user + to open a specially crafted FLAC file or network stream with an + application using libsndfile. This might lead to the execution of + arbitrary code with privileges of the user playing the file. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libsndfile users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libsndfile-1.0.17-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4974">CVE-2007-4974</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-10-06T23:14:31Z"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-10-07T18:26:17Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-10-07T19:16:11Z"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |