glsa-201612-03.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201612-03">
  <title>libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libsndfile, the worst
    of which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libsndfile</product>
  <announced>2016-12-03</announced>
  <revised count="1">2016-12-03</revised>
  <bug>533750</bug>
  <bug>566682</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/libsndfile" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.26</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.26</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing
      sampled sound.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libsndfile. Please
      review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
      possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges
      of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libsndfile users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/libsndfile-1.0.26"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9496">CVE-2014-9496</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7805">CVE-2015-7805</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-02-25T07:52:16Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-03T10:28:00Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>