Updated libsndfile packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link associated with the description below.
The libsndfile packages provide a library for reading and writing sound files.
Security Fix
- CVE-2011-2696
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the libsndfile library processed certain Ensoniq PARIS Audio Format (PAF) audio files. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PAF file that, when opened, could cause an application using libsndfile to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Users of libsndfile are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications using libsndfile must be restarted for the update to take effect.
An updated libsndfile package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The libsndfile package provides a library for reading and writing sound files.
Bug Fix
- BZ#664323
Prior to this update, the libsndfile package was built without the Ogg container format support. As a result, applications using the libsndfile library were not able to work with the Ogg format. With this update, the problem has been fixed so that applications can now work with the Ogg format as expected.
All users of libsndfile are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.
