Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title libsndfile: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200904-16 First vendor Publication 2009-04-17
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-04-17
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability in libsndfile might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound.

Description

Alin Rad Pop from Secunia Research reported an integer overflow when processing CAF description chunks, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CAF file, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libsndfile users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libsndfile-1.0.19"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0186 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0186

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-16.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-16.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12784
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12784
Title: DSA-1742-1 libsndfile -- integer overflow
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. For the oldstable distribution this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2+etch1. For the stable distribution this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.17-4+lenny1. For the unstable distribution this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.19-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1742-1
CVE-2009-0186
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): libsndfile
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13111
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13111
Title: USN-749-1 -- libsndfile vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that libsndfile did not correctly handle description chunks in CAF audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted CAF audio file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-749-1
CVE-2009-0186
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 8.10
 Product(s): libsndfile
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25537
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25537
Title: Integer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.18, as used in Winamp and other products
Description: Integer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.18, as used in Winamp and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted description chunks in a CAF audio file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0186
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
 Product(s): Winamp
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7904
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7904
Title: DSA-1742 libsndfile -- integer overflow
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1742
CVE-2009-0186
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): libsndfile
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 23
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-12-10 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-11499 (libsndfile)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_11499.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-11618 (libsndfile)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_11618.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for libsndfile
File : nvt/sles10_libsndfile.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : SLES11: Security update for libsndfile
File : nvt/sles11_libsndfile.nasl
2009-04-20 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-16 (libsndfile)
File : nvt/glsa_200904_16.nasl
2009-04-06 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:008
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_008.nasl
2009-04-06 Name : Ubuntu USN-749-1 (libsndfile)
File : nvt/ubuntu_749_1.nasl
2009-03-20 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1742-1 (libsndfile)
File : nvt/deb_1742_1.nasl
2009-03-20 Name : FreeBSD Ports: libsndfile
File : nvt/freebsd_libsndfile.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:067 (libsndfile)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_067.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
54653 libsndfile CAF File Description Chunk Processing Overflow

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Nullsoft Winamp CAF file processing integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 16683 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-12-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-11499.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-11618.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_libsndfile-090317.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_libsndfile-6040.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_libsndfile-090305.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_libsndfile-090305.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-067.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-749-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200904-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_libsndfile-6044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-17 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_c5af0747126211dea9640030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1742.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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