GLSA 202107-18: BladeEnc: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	BladeEnc: Buffer overflow
Date:	07/08/2021
Bugs:	#631394
ID:	202107-18

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in BladeEnc might allow arbitrary code execution.

Background

BladeEnc is an mp3 encoder.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/bladeenc	< 0.94.2-r1		All supported architectures

Description

A crafted file could cause a buffer overflow in the iteration_loop function in BladeEnc.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted using BladeEnc, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for BladeEnc. We recommend that users unmerge ssvnc:

      # emerge --ask --depclean "media-sound/bladeenc"

NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining BladeEnc have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update BladeEnc at a later date. We do not have a suggestion for a replacement at this time.

References

CVE-2017-14648

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202107-18.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.