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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60075
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1442-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libsndfile' package(s) announced via the DSA-1442-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libsndfile' package(s) announced via the DSA-1442-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Rubert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile, a library for reading / writing audio files, performs insufficient boundary checks when processing FLAC files, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libsndfile' package(s) on Debian 4.

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-2007-4974
BugTraq ID: 25758
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25758
Debian Security Information: DSA-1442 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1442
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00344.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:191
http://secunia.com/advisories/26921
http://secunia.com/advisories/26932
http://secunia.com/advisories/27018
http://secunia.com/advisories/27071
http://secunia.com/advisories/27100
http://secunia.com/advisories/28265
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:001 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-525-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3241
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