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  • [SECURITY] [DSA-1972-1] New audiofile packages fix buffer overflow (1/2

    From Stefan Fritsch@1:229/2 to All on Sun Jan 17 10:40:01 2010
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-1972-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Stefan Fritsch January 17, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : audiofile
    Vulnerability : buffer overflow
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id : CVE-2008-5824
    Debian bug : 510205

    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 oldtable 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.

    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 5.0 alias lenny (stable)
    - -----------------------------------------

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

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 374688 9c1049876cd51c0f1b12c2886cce4d42
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6-7+lenny1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1048 ba1535425e02719cb32aaed448b9e615
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/audiofile_0.2.6-7+lenny1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 300816 57eece898416b8ecf3aa5dac27f2c4fc

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 158224 c1579697bbb721374da6451aa12a2030
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 90028 01aa1e7a90c361cdd95f289f4d2b554d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 167796 34be04955f6912507db6855eb51fa3cf

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 83988 1f3b65530a04afb05e077ff7ed72d331
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 169514 94248270333cdf6278dc7b27d3af01d7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 130610 a5ba3174a86f15a11f8922ed892f9bec

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 74696 f3aa521f8ed711b4a2fd3ff14a3bba32
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 164142 a87e3ac1f10e120bf8451aac693036ad
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 116354 20bccdc0014746f3b07c7b19acbef513

    armel architecture (ARM EABI)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 77702 0effe95d77f86d22aed53a9a93012d2b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 121328 52f253d4bbf24883ca3dd83a7d9e0686
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 166310 7f5222c459b8964c6551746641b9e385

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 135830 8ad815e277bf74a7a231fd3577d1ecbb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 87580 83007039c0d0aa96508027c58d44956d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 166476 4ea9d29c71058ed703baeb407ebf74ef

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 164582 7c84007f5260c1b9ce714d9e090b649c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 118288 99ca6cf504847281ffee6095d6c56df9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 77984 eaa5796ba0a90db7d759719ea46e3ea7

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 171436 87e839b3f36d8374d46dd8cc46cfdf02
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0-dbg_0.2.6-7+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 160876 0a1fca9b908b5626c488befbf17951cd
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 114662 fcb0924085a99cb1f5fb7352cb7c4cfe

    mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile0_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 77652 cf4fdc50fb0c27d2d01ea62a00e419ae
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/audiofile/libaudiofile-dev_0.2.6-7+lenny1_mips.deb

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