Arch Linux alert ASA-201510-22 (vorbis-tools)

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Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org> 
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arch-security@archlinux.org 
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[arch-security] [ASA-201510-22] vorbis-tools: denial of service 
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Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:52:30 +0100
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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201510-22
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2015-10-27
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-6749
Package : vorbis-tools
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : No
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
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The package vorbis-tools before version 1.4.0-6 is vulnerable to denial
of service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.4.0-6.

# pacman -Syu "vorbis-tools>=1.4.0-6"

The problems have been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c allows local
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AIFF file.

Impact
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A local attacker is able to craft a special AIFF file that crashes the
application leading to denial of service.

References
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6749
https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/2212
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46269