Bug 1440758 (CVE-2017-7586)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7586 libsndfile: Error in header_read() causing stack-based buffer overflow
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	andreas, dkholia, mhlavink, slawomir
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libsndfile 1.0.28	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libsndfile handled ID3 tags. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the application using libsndfile by tricking the application into processing specially crafted FLAC files.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2017-04-11 10:30:04 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1440760
Bug Blocks:	1440764

Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 12:34:37 UTC

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074

Upstream news:

http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 12:37:45 UTC

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1440760]