FreeBSD : flac -- media file processing integer overflow vulnerabilities (ff65eecb-91e4-11dc-bd6c-0016179b2dd5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28196

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

iDefense Laps reports :

Remote exploitation of multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in libFLAC, as included with various vendor's software distributions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged in user.

These vulnerabilities specifically exist in the handling of malformed FLAC media files. In each case, an integer overflow can occur while calculating the amount of memory to allocate. As such, insufficient memory is allocated for the data that is subsequently read in from the file, and a heap based buffer overflow occurs.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?65d09af8

http://www.nessus.org/u?03532d2d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28196

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ff65eecb91e411dcbd6c0016179b2dd5.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:flac, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4619

CWE: 189

Secunia: 27210