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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1814-1] New libsndfile packages fix arbitrary code exec

    From Nico Golde@1:229/2 to All on Sat Jun 13 17:10:11 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-1814-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde
    June 13th, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : libsndfile
    Vulnerability : heap-based buffer overflow
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    Debian bug : 528650
    CVE ID : CVE-2009-1788 CVE-2009-1791


    Two vulnerabilities have been found in libsndfile, a library to read
    and write sampled audio data. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
    project identified the following problems:

    Tobias Klein discovered that the VOC parsing routines suffer of a heap-based buffer overflow which can be triggered by an attacker via a crafted VOC
    header (CVE-2009-1788).

    The vendor discovered that the AIFF parsing routines suffer of a heap-based buffer overflow similar to CVE-2009-1788 which can be triggered by an attacker via a crafted AIFF header (CVE-2009-1791).

    In both cases the overflowing data is not completely attacker controlled but still leads to application crashes or under some circumstances might still
    lead to arbitrary code execution.


    For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.0.16-2+etch2.

    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.0.17-4+lenny2.

    For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.0.20-1.


    We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Debian (oldstable)
    - ------------------

    Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16-2+etch2.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 659 fe69a3bbf260e7539ec189fe9d81889d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16-2+etch2.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 6453 8a43fb7713b8247bd1e5f1bf7a6e9923
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile_1.0.16.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 857117 773b6639672d39b6342030c7fd1e9719

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 400794 04c86699fad7bfa734f6db94e7814574
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 222774 f6411ea0366b55e8cdcd308f51af7aaa
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 72500 fb13ac77eec3b3cb791b0d05dc4abce1

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 70818 efc9612d010aa0e9f260e4726f7fd809
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 187554 1ad927a4dde060a045052031c6dee298
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 322608 0b5e2551db19f1e67d90fb402a3e4b55

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 236528 9a134046572d39fef1a8344ecdca0a23
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 75046 bd7b926daab6bef2036398a3ab07527c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 375188 67a8110d0f4a87618af8e8d45ae24349

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 320972 5d76ff009184ad5345a54e8d8194fffe
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 71000 7ebac264cb5b8ffa89f25d3ccc1a75cc
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 198076 260d7f6aa38f89f8977a3ad49e990b43

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch2_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 76026 cbe650d86af4ecc63a69056fd75eca87
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch2_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 270996 9cace4aabe93c43722c432b6c4e4442e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.16-2+etch2_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 416638 df26e7f277e084280ffdc817ae53b7f3

    mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.16-2+etch2_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 217472 10109974f4c321580f791bf5e49124e7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.16-2+etch2_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 73040 a9f2a80bc90165a3e92903f4edc444da

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