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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-07

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                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal
Title: GnomeVFS, libcdaudio: CDDB response overflow
Date: April 08, 2005
Bugs: #84936
ID: 200504-07

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Synopsis

The GnomeVFS and libcdaudio libraries contain a buffer overflow that
can be triggered by a large CDDB response, potentially allowing the
execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GnomeVFS is a filesystem abstraction library for the GNOME desktop
environment. libcdaudio is a multi-platform CD player development
library. They both include code to query CDDB servers to get Audio CD
track titles.

Affected packages

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 Package                /   Vulnerable   /              Unaffected
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1 gnome-base/gnome-vfs < 2.8.4-r1 >= 2.8.4-r1
2 media-libs/libcdaudio < 0.99.10-r1 >= 0.99.10-r1
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description

Joseph VanAndel has discovered a buffer overflow in Grip when
processing large CDDB results (see GLSA 200503-21). The same overflow
is present in GnomeVFS and libcdaudio code.

Impact

A malicious CDDB server could cause applications making use of GnomeVFS
or libcdaudio libraries to crash, potentially allowing the execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GnomeVFS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.8.4-r1"

All libcdaudio users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libcdaudio-0.99.10-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0706
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0706
[ 2 ] GLSA 200503-21
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-21.xml

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-07.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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