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HistoryFeb 07, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian LTS: Security Advisory for libsndfile (DLA-1049-1)

2018-02-0700:00:00
Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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It was discovered that there was a heap buffer overflow attack in libsndfile, a
library for reading/writing audio files. An attacker could cause a remote
denial of service attack by tricking the function into outputting a large
amount of data.

# Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (C) of the respective author(s)
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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#
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891049");
  script_version("2020-01-29T08:22:52+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-12562");
  script_name("Debian LTS: Security Advisory for libsndfile (DLA-1049-1)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-01-29 08:22:52 +0000 (Wed, 29 Jan 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-02-07 00:00:00 +0100 (Wed, 07 Feb 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/08/msg00001.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB7");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libsndfile on Debian Linux");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libsndfile version
1.0.25-9.1+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"It was discovered that there was a heap buffer overflow attack in libsndfile, a
library for reading/writing audio files. An attacker could cause a remote
denial of service attack by tricking the function into outputting a large
amount of data.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libsndfile1", ver:"1.0.25-9.1+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7"))) {
  report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libsndfile1-dev", ver:"1.0.25-9.1+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7"))) {
  report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"sndfile-programs", ver:"1.0.25-9.1+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7"))) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}