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Debian 9 Stretch: DLA-2845-1 Critical: libsamplerate Buffer Overflow

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 13, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Critical patch released for heap overflow vulnerability in libcompress audio toolkit on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal. Upgrade immediately!
An issue has been found in libsamplerate, an audio sample rate conversion library

Summary

An issue has been found in libsamplerate, an audio sample rate conversion
library. Using a crafted audio file a buffer over-read might happen in
calc_output_single() in src_sinc.c.


For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
0.1.8-8+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsamplerate packages.

For the detailed security status of libsamplerate please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libsamplerate

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



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Package: libsamplerate
Version: 0.1.8-8+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7697

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