Gentoo: GLSA-200801-08 Normal: Libcdio Buffer Overflow Threat
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January 20, 2008
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in libcdio.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-08
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: libcdio: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: January 20, 2008
Bugs: #203777
ID: 200801-08
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in libcdio.
Background
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libcdio is a library for accessing CD-ROM and CD images.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libcdio < 0.78.2-r4 >= 0.78.2-r4
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Devon Miller reported a boundary error in the "print_iso9660_recurse()"
function in files cd-info.c and iso-info.c when processing long
filenames within Joliet images.
Impact
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A remote attacker could ent...
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