[SECURITY] [DSA 2288-1] libsndfile security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-2288-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
July 28, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : libsndfile
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem type : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-2696

Hossein Lotfi discovered an integer overflow in libsndfile's code to
parse Paris Audio files, which could potentially lead to the execution
of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.17-4+lenny3.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.21-3+squeeze1

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.25-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.

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