A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - NAS: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200704-20
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: NAS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 23, 2007
Bugs: #171428
ID: 200704-20

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Synopsis
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The Network Audio System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could
result in the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Background
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NAS is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/nas < 1.8b >= 1.8b

Description
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Luigi Auriemma has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in NAS, some of
which include a buffer overflow in the function accept_att_local(), an
integer overflow in the function ProcAuWriteElement(), and a null
pointer error in the function ReadRequestFromClient().

Impact
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An attacker having access to the NAS daemon could send an overly long
slave name to the server, leading to the execution of arbitrary code
with root privileges. A remote attacker could also send a specially
crafted packet containing an invalid client ID, which would crash the
server and result in a Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All NAS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/nas-1.8b"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-1543
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1543
[ 2 ] CVE-2007-1544
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1544
[ 3 ] CVE-2007-1545
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1545
[ 4 ] CVE-2007-1546
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1546
[ 5 ] CVE-2007-1547
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1547

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-200704-20.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 2007 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