Bug#865909: faac: CVE-2017-9129 CVE-2017-9130

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: faac
Version: 1.28+cvs20151130-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerabilities were published for faac.

CVE-2017-9129[0]:
| The wav_open_read function in frontend/input.c in Freeware Advanced
| Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
| service (large loop) via a crafted wav file.

CVE-2017-9130[1]:
| The faacEncOpen function in libfaac/frame.c in Freeware Advanced Audio
| Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
| (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted wav file.

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

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9129
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9129
[1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9130
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9130
[2] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42207/

Regards,
Salvatore