[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 5 Update: libsndfile-1.0.17-3.el5
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jul 21 12:24:36 UTC 2010
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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2010-3020
2010-07-09 05:20:53
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Name : libsndfile
Product : Fedora EPEL 5
Version : 1.0.17
Release : 3.el5
URL : http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
Summary : Library for reading and writing sound files
Description :
libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing sound files such as
AIFF, AU, WAV, and others through one standard interface. It can
currently read/write 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit PCM files as well as 32 and
64-bit floating point WAV files and a number of compressed formats. It
compiles and runs on *nix, MacOS, and Win32.
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Update Information:
Fixes CVE-2009-0186 -- buffer overflows
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #488361 - CVE-2009-0186 libsndfile: overflows may lead to execution of arbitrary code
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488361
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update libsndfile' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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