Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201510-22
=========================================
Severity: Low
Date    : 2015-10-27
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-6749
Package : vorbis-tools
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : No
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package vorbis-tools before version 1.4.0-6 is vulnerable to denial
of service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.4.0-6.

# pacman -Syu "vorbis-tools>=1.4.0-6"

The problems have been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

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

Description
==========
Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c allows local
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AIFF file.

Impact
=====
A local attacker is able to craft a special AIFF file that crashes the
application leading to denial of service.

References
=========
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6749
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46269

ArchLinux: 201510-22: vorbis-tools: denial of service

October 27, 2015

Summary

Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AIFF file.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.4.0-6. # pacman -Syu "vorbis-tools>=1.4.0-6"
The problems have been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6749 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46269

Severity
Package : vorbis-tools
Type : denial of service
Remote : No
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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