Bug 320949 (CVE-2009-4835)

Summary:	media-libs/libsndfile: DOS (CVE-2009-4835)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	sound
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=530831
Whiteboard:	B4 [noglsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-05-21 21:34:33 UTC

CVE-2009-4835 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4835):
  The (1) htk_read_header, (2) alaw_init, (3) ulaw_init, (4) pcm_init,
  (5) float32_init, and (6) sds_read_header functions in libsndfile
  1.0.20 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
  (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Comment 1 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-08-01 13:34:14 UTC

DOS in client app -> closing noglsa.