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libsndfile: heap-based buffer overflow

Package(s):libsndfile CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4974
Created:September 25, 2007 Updated:January 9, 2008
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.
Alerts:
SuSE SUSE-SR:2008:001 2008-01-09
Debian DSA-1442-1 2007-12-29
Gentoo 200710-04 2007-10-07
Ubuntu USN-525-1 2007-10-04
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:191 2007-10-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-2236 2007-09-24
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