Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: alsa-lib security update

An updated alsa-lib package that fixes a flaw that disabled stack execution protection is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The alsa-lib package provides a library of functions for...

CVE-2005-0087

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library...

CVE-2005-0087

The CVE affects Red Hat Linux 4: the alsa-lib package disables stack-protection in libasound.so, allowing potential arbitrary-code execution when combined with other vulnerabilities. This is documented as CAN-2005-0087 and RHSA-2005:033. A patched alsa-lib update addressing stack-execution protec...

CVE-2005-0087

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library...