Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Updated libsndfile packages fix vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDKSA-2007:191 | First vendor Publication | 2007-10-01 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2007-10-01 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A heap-based buffer overflow in libsndfile could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data which contains a block with a size exceeding that of the previous block. Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:191 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17316 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17316 | ||
| Title: | USN-525-1 -- libsndfile vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Robert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile did not correctly validate the size of its memory buffers. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-525-1 CVE-2007-4974 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 | Product(s): | libsndfile |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20524 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20524 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1442-1 libsndfile | ||
| Description: | Rubert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile, a library for reading / writing audio files, performs insufficient boundary checks when processing FLAC files, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1442-1 CVE-2007-4974 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | libsndfile |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-13 | Name : SLES10: Security update for libsndfile File : nvt/sles10_libsndfile0.nasl |
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for libsndfile MDKSA-2007:191 (libsndfile) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_191.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for libsndfile vulnerability USN-525-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_525_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for libsndfile FEDORA-2007-2236 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2236_libsndfile_fc7.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-04 (libsndfile) File : nvt/glsa_200710_04.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1442-2 (libsndfile) File : nvt/deb_1442_2.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 40574 | libsndfile flac_buffer_copy() Function FLAC File Handling Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-08 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_libsndfile-4430.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-04 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1442.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-04 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_libsndfile-4431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-525-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-2236.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-09 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200710-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-03 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-191.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:38:55 |
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