Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libsndfile announced via advisory DSA 1742-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201742-1
Insight
Alan Rad Pop discovered that libsndfile, a library to read and write sampled audio data, is prone to an integer overflow. This causes a heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted CAF description chunks possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.
For the oldstable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.16-2+etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.17-4+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.19-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libsndfile packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0186 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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