Gentoo: GLSA-200903-31 Normal: libcdaudio Remote Code Execution Risk
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March 17, 2009
A vulnerability in libcdaudio might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
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
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A vulnerability in libcdaudio might allow for the remote execution of
arbitrary code.
Background
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libcdaudio is a library of CD audio related routines.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/libcdaudio < 0.99.12-r1 >= 0.99.12-r1
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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
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A remote attacker could entice a user to ...
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