GLSA 200609-06: AdPlug: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | AdPlug: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 09/12/2006 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200609-06 |
Synopsis
Multiple heap and buffer overflows exist in AdPlug.Background
AdPlug is a free, cross-platform, and hardware-independent AdLib sound player library.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-libs/adplug | < 2.0.1 | >= 2.0.1 | All supported architectures |
Description
AdPlug is vulnerable to buffer and heap overflows when processing the following types of files: CFF, MTK, DMO, U6M, DTM, and S3M.
Impact
By enticing a user to load a specially crafted file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running AdPlug.
Workaround
There are no known workarounds at this time.
Resolution
All AdPlug users should update to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/adplug-2.0.1"
References
Availability
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Concerns?
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License
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