metadata/glsa/glsa-201412-40.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-40">
  <title>FLAC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in FLAC could lead to execution of
    arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">flac</product>
  <announced>December 26, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 26, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>530288</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/flac" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.3.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) library is the reference
      implementation of the FLAC audio file format.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A stack-based buffer overflow flaw has been discovered in FLAC.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .flac
      file using an application linked against FLAC, possibly resulting in
      execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
      Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All FLAC users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/flac-1.3.1-r1"
    </code>
    
    <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
      such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8962">CVE-2014-8962</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:54:43 +0000">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 26 Dec 2014 00:40:42 +0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>