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Gentoo: 200812-05 Normal: Libsamplerate Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey December 2, 2008
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A buffer overflow vulnerability in libsamplerate might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libsamplerate: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: December 02, 2008 Bugs: #237037 ID: 200812-05

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability in libsamplerate might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Secret Rabbit Code (aka libsamplerate) is a Sample Rate Converter for audio.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libsamplerate < 0.1.4 >= 0.1.4
========== Russell O'Connor reported a buffer overflow in src/src_sinc.c related to low conversion ratios.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user or...

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