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Gentoo: GLSA-200903-34 Normal: Amarok User Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2009
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Recent Amarok exploits may enable unauthorized code execution within Gentoo systems. Recommended to update promptly for enhanced protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Amarok might allow for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-34 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Amarok: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: March 20, 2009 Bugs: #254896 ID: 200903-34

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in Amarok might allow for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Amarok is an advanced music player.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/amarok < 1.4.10-r2 >= 1.4.10-r2
========== Tobias Klein has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Amarok:
* Multiple integer overflows in the Audible::Tag::readTag() function in metadata/audible/audibletag.cpp trigger heap-based buffer over...

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