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Debian DSA-1742-1 : libsndfile - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35925

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Alan Rad Pop discovered that libsndfile, a library to read and write sampled audio data, is prone to an integer overflow. This causes a heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted CAF description chunks possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the libsndfile packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.17-4+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1742

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35925

File Name: debian_DSA-1742.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsndfile, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0186

BID: 33963

CWE: 189

DSA: 1742