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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2014.99
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-99-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flac' package(s) announced via the DLA-99-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flac' package(s) announced via the DLA-99-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Michele Spagnuolo, of Google Security Team, and Miroslav Lichvar, of Red Hat, discovered two issues in flac, a library handling Free Lossless Audio Codec media: by providing a specially crafted FLAC file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2014-8962 Heap-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted .flac file.

CVE-2014-9028

Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted .flac file.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, these issues have been fixed in flac version 1.2.1-2+deb6u1

Affected Software/OS:
'flac' package(s) on Debian 6.

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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