Bug 1177254 – libsndfile: division by zero leading to denial of service in psf_fwrite()

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Bug 1177254 - (CVE-2014-9756) libsndfile: division by zero leading to denial of service in psf_fwrite()

Summary:	libsndfile: division by zero leading to denial of service in psf_fwrite()

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2014-9756

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Duplicates:	1277941 (view as bug list)
Depends On:	1178842 1178843
Blocks:	1177255 1277910
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Reported:	2014-12-25 07:22 EST by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified:	2016-11-08 11:22 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2015-01-09 12:16:18 EST
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2014-12-25 07:22:09 EST

A divide-by-zero may occur in libsndfile, resulting in an application crash.
Upstream commit that fixes this issue:
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7dbb95bfaf8b4bb7b04820e3a00cceea9ce6950933

Comment 1 Michal Hlavinka 2015-01-02 02:42:10 EST

Is there any reproducer to test this?

Also the link above gives me 404 error.

Comment 2 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-01-05 04:26:12 EST

(In reply to Michal Hlavinka from comment #1)
> Is there any reproducer to test this?

Unfortunately I'm not aware of any, here is the corresponding upstream bug report, hope it gives a clue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/92

> Also the link above gives me 404 error.

Oops, something went wrong, the correct link is:
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7dbb95bfaf8b4bb7b04820e3a00cceea9ce6

Comment 3 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-01-05 09:35:11 EST

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1178842]
Affects: epel-5 [bug 1178843]

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-01-20 16:00:25 EST

libsndfile-1.0.25-9.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2015-01-21 18:06:29 EST

libsndfile-1.0.25-14.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Stefan Cornelius 2015-11-06 07:03:05 EST

*** Bug 1277941 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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