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GLSA 200608-24
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Severity: Normal
Title: AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: August 26, 2006
Bugs: #143402
ID: 200608-24
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Synopsis
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AlsaPlayer is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows which
could lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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AlsaPlayer is a heavily multithreaded PCM player that tries
to utilize
ALSA utilities and drivers. As of June 2004, the project is
inactive.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable /
Unaffected
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1 media-sound/alsaplayer <= 0.99.76-r3
Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users
should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait
for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.
Description
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AlsaPlayer contains three buffer overflows: in the function
that
handles the HTTP connections, the GTK interface, and the
CDDB querying
mechanism.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit the first vulnerability by
enticing a user to
load a malicious URL resulting in the execution of arbitrary
code with
the permissions of the user running AlsaPlayer.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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AlsaPlayer has been masked in Portage pending the resolution
of these
issues. AlsaPlayer users are advised to uninstall the
package until
further notice:
# emerge --ask --unmerge
"media-sound/alsaplayer"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-4089
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-4089
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
ht
tp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-24.xml
Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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