A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Audacious: Multiple heap and buffer overflows. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-13
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Audacious: Multiple heap and buffer overflows
Date: July 29, 2006
Bugs: #139957
ID: 200607-13
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Synopsis
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The adplug library included in Audacious is vulnerable to various
overflows that could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Audacious is a media player that has been forked from Beep Media
Player.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-sound/audacious < 1.1.0 >= 1.1.0
Description
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Luigi Auriemma has found that the adplug library fails to verify the
size of the destination buffers in the unpacking instructions,
resulting in various possible heap and buffer overflows.
Impact
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An attacker can entice a user to load a specially crafted media file,
resulting in a crash or possible execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Audacious users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacious-1.1.0"
References
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[ 1 ] BugTraq Announcement
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439432/30/0/threaded
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-3581
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3581
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-3582
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3582
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-13.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
