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Bug 320949 (CVE-2009-4835)

Summary: media-libs/libsndfile: DOS (CVE-2009-4835)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: 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 Security 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 Security 2010-08-01 13:34:14 UTC
DOS in client app -> closing noglsa.