Bug#876783: libsndfile: CVE-2017-14634

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libsndfile
Version: 1.0.28-4
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/318
Control: found -1 1.0.25-9.1

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libsndfile.

CVE-2017-14634[0]:
| In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero error exists in the function
| double64_init() in double64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a
| crafted audio 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-2017-14634
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14634
[1] https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/318

Regards,
Salvatore