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Gentoo: GLSA-200903-31 Normal: libcdaudio Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2009
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A vulnerability in libcdaudio might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-31 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libcdaudio: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: March 17, 2009 Bugs: #245649 ID: 200903-31

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability in libcdaudio might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= libcdaudio is a library of CD audio related routines.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libcdaudio < 0.99.12-r1 >= 0.99.12-r1
========== A heap-based buffer overflow has been reported in the cddb_read_disc_data() function in cddb.c when processing overly long CDDB data.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user to ...

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