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flac: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):flac CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4619
Created:October 22, 2007 Updated:January 21, 2008
Description: From the Red Hat advisory:

A security flaw was found in the way flac processed audio data. An attacker could create a carefully crafted FLAC audio file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with flac libraries to crash or execute arbitrary code when it was opened. (CVE-2007-4619)

Alerts:
Debian DSA-1469-1 2008-01-20
rPath rPSA-2007-0243-1 2007-11-21
Ubuntu USN-540-1 2007-11-13
Gentoo 200711-15 2007-11-12
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:214 2007-11-08
Fedora FEDORA-2007-730 2007-11-05
Fedora FEDORA-2007-2596 2007-11-01
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0975-02 2007-10-22
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