Bug 1463326 (CVE-2017-6892) - CVE-2017-6892 libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() function
Summary: CVE-2017-6892 libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() func...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-6892
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1463328
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-06-20 15:11 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-06-20 15:12:30 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-06-20 15:11:11 UTC 
In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748

References:

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-13/
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-06-20 15:11:59 UTC 
Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1463328]
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