MGASA-2015-0455

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    MGASA-2015-0455

    Published: 26 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7805

    Summary: Updated libsndfile packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Due to a heap overflow in libsndfile, a specially crafted AIFF header can manage index values in order to use memcpy to overwrite memory the heap (CVE-2015-7805).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0455.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17163, http://www.nemux.org/2015/10/13/libsndfile-1-0-25-heap-overflow/, https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133926/libsndfile-1.0.25-Heap-Overflow.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00077.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsndfile

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libsndfile?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.25-9.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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