| Name | CVE-2017-7586 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-928-1, ELA-305-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libsndfile (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.25-9.1+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.0.27-3+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.0.28-6+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.0.31-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - libsndfile <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236
1.0.27-2 in unstable contain fix_bufferoverflows.patch meant to address this issue
https://sources.debian.org/data/main/libs/libsndfile/1.0.27-2/debian/patches/fix_bufferoverflows.patch