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Pardus: Libsndfile: Multiple
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2009-85 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2009-06-03
Severity: 2
Type: Remote
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Summary
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Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in libsndfile, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
Description
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The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors in the "htk_read_header()",
"alaw_init()", "ulaw_init()", "pcm_init()", "float32_init()", and
"sds_read_header()" functions. These can be exploited to cause divisions
by zero via specially crafted audio data.
Affected packages:
Pardus 2008:
libsndfile, all before 1.0.17-8-4
Resolution
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There are update(s) for libsndfile. You can update them via Package
Manager or with a single command from console:
pisi up libsndfile
References
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* http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id˜45
* http://secunia.com/advisories/35266/2/