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Gentoo: GLSA-201512-50 Critical: FLAC Security Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey December 26, 2014
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Gentoo GLSA-202302-15 reveals a potential integer overflow in FLAC that could result in remote code execution and service interruption. Discover additional details!
A buffer overflow vulnerability in FLAC could lead to execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw has been discovered in FLAC.

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security advisory gentoo buffer overflow DoS arbitrary code execution risk user-assisted

Resolution

All FLAC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/flac-1.3.1-r1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8962 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8962

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-40
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: FLAC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #530288
ID: 201412-40

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Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability in FLAC could lead to execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

The Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) library is the reference implementation of the FLAC audio file format.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/flac < 1.3.1-r1 >= 1.3.1-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .flac file using an application linked against FLAC, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.