GLSA 200503-21: Grip: CDDB response overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Grip: CDDB response overflow
Date:	03/17/2005
Bugs:	#84704
ID:	200503-21

Synopsis

Grip contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered by a large CDDB response, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Grip is a GTK+ based audio CD player/ripper.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/grip	< 3.3.0	>= 3.3.0	All supported architectures

Description

Joseph VanAndel has discovered a buffer overflow in Grip when processing large CDDB results.

Impact

A malicious CDDB server could cause Grip to crash by returning more then 16 matches, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

Disable automatic CDDB queries, but we highly encourage users to upgrade to 3.3.0.

Resolution

All Grip users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/grip-3.3.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-21.xml

Concerns?

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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.