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Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-40.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-40.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-40.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201412-40.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <!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 ">=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>
