gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200709-06.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200709-06">
  <title>flac123: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    flac123 is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability, which could allow
    for the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">flac123</product>
  <announced>2007-09-14</announced>
  <revised count="01">2007-09-14</revised>
  <bug>186220</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-sound/flac123" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.0.11</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.0.11</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    flac123 is a command-line application for playing FLAC audio files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    A possible buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the
    local__vcentry_parse_value() function in vorbiscomment.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All flac123 users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-sound/flac123-0.0.11"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3507">CVE-2007-3507</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-08-29T10:21:26Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-08-29T11:36:53Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-09-11T15:39:45Z">
    vorlon
  </metadata>
</glsa>