PT-2017-17819 · Unknown+3 · Libsndfile+3

Published 2017-04-07 · Updated 2017-09-27 · CVE-2017-7586

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libsndfile versions prior to 1.0.28

Description The issue is related to an error in the header read() function when handling ID3 tags, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.28, update to version 1.0.28 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2321

CVE-2017-7586

DLA-928-1

MGASA-2017-0168

SUSE-SU-2017:1040-1

USN-3306-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libsndfile

References · 37

• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236 · Patch
• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7585 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7586 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8361 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3306-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0168.html · Security Note