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Gentoo: GLSA-200612-04 Normal: ModPlug Buffer Overflows Advisory

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical vulnerability identified in ModPlug resulting from various buffer overflow issues. Gentoo users must implement upgrades immediately.
ModPlug contains several boundary errors that could lead to buffer overflows resulting in the possible execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: ModPlug: Multiple buffer overflows Date: December 10, 2006 Bugs: #143404 ID: 200612-04

Synopsis ======= ModPlug contains several boundary errors that could lead to buffer overflows resulting in the possible execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= ModPlug is a library for playing MOD-like music.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libmodplug < 0.8-r1 >= 0.8-r1
========== Luigi Auriemma has reported various boundary errors in load_it.cpp and a boundary error in the "CSoundFile::ReadSample()" function in sndfile.cpp.
Impact ===== A r...

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