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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882152
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for flac CESA-2015:0767 centos7
Summary:Check the version of flac
Description:Summary:
Check the version of flac

Vulnerability Insight:
The flac packages contain a decoder and an encoder for the FLAC (Free
Lossless Audio Codec) audio file format.

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)

All flac users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the
update, all applications linked against the flac library must be restarted
for this update to take effect.

Affected Software/OS:
flac on CentOS 7

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

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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