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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1538-1 (alsaplayer)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to alsaplayer announced via advisory DSA 1538-1.

Insight

Insight

Erik Sjölund discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Ogg Vorbis input plugin of the alsaplayer audio playback application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability through the opening of a maliciously-crafted Vorbis file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch), the problem has been fixed in version 0.99.76-9+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), the problem was fixed in version 0.99.80~rc4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your alsaplayer packages.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201538-1

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