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Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files
From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd () mega-nerd com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:49:22 +1000
Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
an integer overflow, leading to heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libsndfile, library for reading and writing of sound files, processed certain PARIS Audio Format (PAF) audio files with crafted count of channels in the PAF file header. A remote attacker could provided a specially-crafted PAF audio file, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user in an application, linked against libsndfile, could lead to that particular application crash (denial of service),
I agree with everything up to here.
or, potentially arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the application.
but this is rubbish. The heap gets overwritten with zeros which would certainly lead to the application segfaulting. However, there is no way for arbitrary code to be executed on amy sane OS with proper memory protection. Furthermore, Secunia when they contacted me about this said they would release information about this vulernability on the 18th and then ended up releasing it on the 12th instead which means I had to rush out the release I was working on (and would have easily had ready for the 18th). That is not the way to win friends and influence people. Regards, Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/
Current thread:
- CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Jan Lieskovsky (Jul 13)
- Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Erik de Castro Lopo (Jul 14)
- Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Jan Lieskovsky (Jul 14)
- Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Erik de Castro Lopo (Jul 14)
- Re: Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Jan Lieskovsky (Jul 15)
- Re: Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Dan Rosenberg (Jul 15)
- Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Jan Lieskovsky (Jul 14)
- Re: Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Dan Rosenberg (Jul 14)
- Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Erik de Castro Lopo (Jul 14)
- Re: CVE Request -- libsndfile -- Integer overflow by processing certain PAF files Huzaifa Sidhpurwala (Jul 17)