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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120372
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-505)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'flac' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-505 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'flac' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-505 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way flac decoded FLAC audio files. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash or execute arbitrary code when the file was read. (CVE-2014-9028)

A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way flac processed certain ID3v2 metadata. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash when the file was read. (CVE-2014-8962)

Affected Software/OS:
'flac' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8962
BugTraq ID: 71280
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71280
Bugtraq: 20141125 [oCERT 2014-008] libFLAC multiple issues (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534083/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-3082 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3082
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:239
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:188
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129261/libFLAC-1.3.0-Stack-Overflow-Heap-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-008.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0767
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0767.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1588 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00034.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2426-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9028
BugTraq ID: 71282
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71282
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