GLSA 200608-24: AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows

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Severity:	normal
Title:	AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows
Date:	08/26/2006
Bugs:	#143402
ID:	200608-24

Synopsis

AlsaPlayer is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

AlsaPlayer is a heavily multithreaded PCM player that tries to utilize ALSA utilities and drivers. As of June 2004, the project is inactive.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/alsaplayer	<= 0.99.76-r3		All supported architectures

Description

AlsaPlayer contains three buffer overflows: in the function that handles the HTTP connections, the GTK interface, and the CDDB querying mechanism.

Impact

An attacker could exploit the first vulnerability by enticing a user to load a malicious URL resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running AlsaPlayer.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

AlsaPlayer has been masked in Portage pending the resolution of these issues. AlsaPlayer users are advised to uninstall the package until further notice:

    # emerge --ask --unmerge "media-sound/alsaplayer"

References

CVE-2006-4089

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-24.xml

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.