gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200811-03.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200811-03">
  <title>FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>
    A buffer overflow in FAAD2 might lead to user-assisted execution of
    arbitrary code via an MP4 file.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">faad2</product>
  <announced>November 09, 2008</announced>
  <revised>November 09, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>238445</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/faad2" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.6.1-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.1-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    FAAD2 is an open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC decoder.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The ICST-ERCIS (Peking University) reported a heap-based buffer
    overflow in the decodeMP4file() function in frontend/main.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
    MPEG-4 (MP4) file in an application using FAAD2, possibly leading to
    the execution of arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All FAAD2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-libs/faad2-2.6.1-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4201">CVE-2008-4201</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:46 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:30:57 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:45:59 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>