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Gentoo: GLSA-200609-01 Normal: Streamripper Buffer Overflow Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2006
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Gentoo's Streamripper faces vulnerabilities from remote buffer overflow, which could lead to unauthorized code execution. It is recommended to update for protection.
Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple remote buffer overflows, leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows Date: September 06, 2006 Bugs: #144861 ID: 200609-01

Synopsis ======= Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple remote buffer overflows, leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Streamripper extracts and records individual MP3 file tracks from SHOUTcast streams.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/streamripper < 1.61.26 >= 1.61.26
========== Ulf Harnhammar, from the Debian Security Audit Project, has found that Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple stack based buffer overflows...

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