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Gentoo: GLSA-200710-03 Normal: Libvorbis Buffer Overflow and Memory Issues

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Calendar Grey October 7, 2007
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Several weaknesses found in libvorbis may permit remote code execution or service disruption on Gentoo platforms.
A buffer overflow vulnerability and several memory corruptions have been discovered in libvorbis.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200710-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libvorbis: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: October 07, 2007 Bugs: #186716 ID: 200710-03

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability and several memory corruptions have been discovered in libvorbis.
Background ========= libvorbis is the reference implementation of the Xiph.org Ogg Vorbis audio file format. It is used by many applications for playback of Ogg Vorbis files.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libvorbis < 1.2.0 >= 1.2.0
========== David Thiel of iSEC Partners discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the _01inverse() fun...

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