Update from 3.8.1 to 3.8.2. Also fixes console video game music emu vulnerability in the fully optional audacious-plugins-exotic subpackage: CVE-2016-9957, CVE-2016-9958, CVE-2016-9959, CVE-2016-9960, CVE-2016-9961. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-5bf9a268df 2017-01-24 19:30:37.940461 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : audacious Product : Fedora 25 Version : 3.8.2 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://audacious-media-player.org/ Summary : Advanced audio player Description : Audacious is an advanced audio player. It is free, lightweight, currently based on GTK+ 2, runs on Linux and many other *nix platforms and is focused on audio quality and supporting a wide range of audio codecs. It still features an alternative skinned user interface (based on Winamp 2.x skins). Historically, it started as a fork of Beep Media Player (BMP), which itself forked from XMMS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update from 3.8.1 to 3.8.2. Also fixes console video game music emu vulnerability in the fully optional audacious-plugins-exotic subpackage: CVE-2016-9957, CVE-2016-9958, CVE-2016-9959, CVE-2016-9960, CVE-2016-9961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade audacious' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
The adplug library included in Audacious is vulnerable to various overflows that could result in the execution of arbitrary code.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Audacious: Multiple heap and buffer overflows Date: July 29, 2006 Bugs: #139957 ID: 200607-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= The adplug library included in Audacious is vulnerable to various overflows that could result in the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========= Audacious is a media player that has been forked from Beep Media Player. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/audacious < 1.1.0 > = 1.1.0 Description ========== Luigi Auriemma has found that the adplug library fails to verify the size of the destination buffers in the unpacking instructions, resulting in various possible heap and buffer overflows. Impact ===== An attacker can entice a user to load a specially crafted media file, resulting in a crash or possible execution of arbitrary code. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All Audacious users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =media-sound/audacious-1.1.0" References ========= [ 1 ] BugTraq Announcement [ 2 ] CVE-2006-3581 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3581 [ 3 ] CVE-2006-3582 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3582 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200607-13 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
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