SB2015021911 - Fedora 21 update for vorbis-tools

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SB2015021911 - Fedora 21 update for vorbis-tools

Published: February 19, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015021911
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9638)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error in oggenc in vorbis-tools. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted WAV file with the number of channels set to zero to the application, trigger divide-by-zero error and crash the application.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9639)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in oggenc in vorbis-tools. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted WAV file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References