[Secure-testing-team] Bug#864704: libsndfile: CVE-2017-6892

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libsndfile
Version: 1.0.25-9.1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libsndfile.

CVE-2017-6892[0]:
| In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()"
| function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read
| memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6892
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6892
[1] https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748

Regards,
Salvatore