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Arch Linux: ASA-201411-30 High: Flac Arbitrary Code Execution Threat

Calendar Nov 26, 2014 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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The package flac before version 1.3.0-5 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. 
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201411-30
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Severity: High
Date    : 2014-11-26
CVE-ID  : CVE-2014-8962 CVE-2014-9028
Package : flac
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : No
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
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The package flac before version 1.3.0-5 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.3.0-5.

# pacman -Syu "flac>=1.3.0-5"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.1-pre1.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A stack overflow and a heap overflow condition have been found in
libFLAC when parsing a maliciously crafted .flac file, which may result
in arbitrary code execution.

Impact
=====
An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted
.flac file to the libFLAC decoder.

References
=========
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8962
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9028
http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-008.html
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42898