320949 – (CVE-2009-4835) media-libs/libsndfile: DOS (CVE-2009-4835)

Bug 320949 (CVE-2009-4835) - media-libs/libsndfile: DOS (CVE-2009-4835)

Summary: media-libs/libsndfile: DOS (CVE-2009-4835)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2009-4835

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep...
Whiteboard:	B4 [noglsa]
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Blocks:

Reported:	2010-05-21 21:34 UTC by Stefan Behte (RETIRED)
Modified:	2010-08-01 13:34 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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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.