Upstream information

CVE-2007-4974 at MITRE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 326070 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • libsndfile-devel >= 1.0.20-2.6.5
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libsndfile-devel-1.0.20-2.6.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • libsndfile >= 1.0.20-2.1.46
  • libsndfile-32bit >= 1.0.20-2.1.46
  • libsndfile-x86 >= 1.0.20-2.1.46
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA libsndfile-1.0.20-2.1.46
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • libsndfile >= 1.0.20-2.4.1
  • libsndfile-32bit >= 1.0.20-2.4.1
  • libsndfile-x86 >= 1.0.20-2.4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA libsndfile-1.0.20-2.4.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • libsndfile >= 1.0.20-2.4.1
  • libsndfile-32bit >= 1.0.20-2.4.1
  • libsndfile-x86 >= 1.0.20-2.4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA libsndfile-1.0.20-2.4.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • libsndfile >= 1.0.20-2.6.5
  • libsndfile-32bit >= 1.0.20-2.6.5
  • libsndfile-devel >= 1.0.20-2.6.5
  • libsndfile-x86 >= 1.0.20-2.6.5
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA libsndfile-1.0.20-2.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libsndfile-devel-1.0.20-2.6.5
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • ardour >= 6.9.0-1.1
  • libsndfile-devel >= 1.0.31-2.2
  • libsndfile1 >= 1.0.31-2.2
  • libsndfile1-32bit >= 1.0.31-2.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10992
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12411

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:07:12 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:04 2025