Gentoo: GLSA-200811-03 Normal: FAAD2 Buffer Overflow Threat
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November 9, 2008
A buffer overflow in FAAD2 might lead to user-assisted execution of arbitrary code via an MP4 file.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200811-03
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: November 09, 2008
Bugs: #238445
ID: 200811-03
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow in FAAD2 might lead to user-assisted execution of
arbitrary code via an MP4 file.
Background
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FAAD2 is an open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC decoder.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/faad2 < 2.6.1-r2 >= 2.6.1-r2
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The ICST-ERCIS (Peking University) reported a heap-based buffer
overflow in the decodeMP4file() function in frontend/main.c.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user...
Resolution
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