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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-18 Normal: Ringtone Tools Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2005
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-22 discusses a vulnerability in Media Player Classic, which could lead to code exploitation.
The Ringtone Tools utilities contain a buffer overflow vulnerability, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-18 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Ringtone Tools: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: March 15, 2005 Bugs: #74700 ID: 200503-18

Synopsis ======= The Ringtone Tools utilities contain a buffer overflow vulnerability, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Ringtone Tools is a program for creating ringtones and logos for mobile phones.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-misc/ringtonetools < 2.23 >= 2.23
========== Qiao Zhang has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'parse_emelody' function in 'parse_emelody.c'.
Impact ===== A remo...

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