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Debian Jessie DSA-3814-1 Critical: Audiofile DoS Threat Resolved

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2017
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Numerous vulnerabilities resolved in the audiofile package for Debian's stable and future releases to mitigate potential security threats.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the audiofile library, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed audio file is process...

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.6-2+deb8u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 0.3.6-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.6-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your audiofile packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: audiofile
CVE ID: CVE-2017-6827 CVE-2017-6828 CVE-2017-6829 CVE-2017-6830

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