Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-525-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Robert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile did not correctly validate the size of its memory buffers. If a user were tricked into playing a specially crafted FLAC file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Affected
libsndfile vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10 ,
Ubuntu 7.04
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-4974 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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