GLSA 200608-14: DUMB: Heap buffer overflow
Severity: | normal |
Title: | DUMB: Heap buffer overflow |
Date: | 08/08/2006 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 200608-14 |
Synopsis
A heap-based buffer overflow in DUMB could result in the execution of arbitrary code.Background
DUMB (Dynamic Universal Music Bibliotheque) is an IT, XM, S3M and MOD player library.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
media-libs/dumb | < 0.9.3-r1 | >= 0.9.3-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Luigi Auriemma found a heap-based buffer overflow in the it_read_envelope function which reads the envelope values for volume, pan and pitch of the instruments referenced in a ".it" (Impulse Tracker) file with a large number of nodes.
Impact
By enticing a user to load a malicious ".it" (Impulse Tracker) file, an attacker may execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application that uses a vulnerable DUMB library.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All users of DUMB should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/dumb-0.9.3-r1"
References
Availability
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