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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1179-1 (alsaplayer)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to alsaplayer announced via advisory DSA 1179-1. Luigi Auriemma discovered several buffer overflows in alsaplayer, a PCM player designed for ALSA, that can lead to a crash of the application and maybe worse outcome.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.76-0.3sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your alsaplayer package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201179-1