GLSA 200709-06: flac123: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	flac123: Buffer overflow
Date:	09/14/2007
Bugs:	#186220
ID:	200709-06

Synopsis

flac123 is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability, which could allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

flac123 is a command-line application for playing FLAC audio files.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/flac123	< 0.0.11	>= 0.0.11	All supported architectures

Description

A possible buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the local__vcentry_parse_value() function in vorbiscomment.c.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted audio file, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All flac123 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/flac123-0.0.11"

References

CVE-2007-3507

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-06.xml

Concerns?

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