Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 692
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 692

Gentoo 202107-18 Normal: BladeEnc Buffer Overflow Code Execution

gentoo
Calendar Grey July 7, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The latest Gentoo GLSA 202109-12 issues a critical alert regarding a security vulnerability in Mumble that could lead to unauthorized remote code execution.
A buffer overflow in BladeEnc might allow arbitrary code execution.

Summary

A crafted file could cause a buffer overflow in the iteration_loop function in BladeEnc.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo buffer overflow code execution arbitrary code media-sound

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for BladeEnc. We recommend that usersunmerge ssvnc: # emerge --ask --depclean "media-sound/bladeenc"
NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining BladeEnc have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update BladeEnc at a later date. We do not have a suggestion for a replacement at this time.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14648 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14648

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-18
style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}

Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: BladeEnc: Buffer overflow
Date: July 08, 2021
Bugs: #631394
ID: 202107-18

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo buffer overflow code execution arbitrary code media-sound

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in BladeEnc might allow arbitrary code execution.

Background

BladeEnc is an mp3 encoder.

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/bladeenc < 0.94.2-r1 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted using BladeEnc, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Related News

Your message here