TunePimp: Buffer overflow

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200607-11 / Tunepimp
Release Date	July 28, 2006
Latest Revision	June 01, 2007: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-libs/tunepimp	<= 0.4.2	>= 0.5.0	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #140184

Synopsis

A vulnerability in TunePimp has been reported which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

The TunePimp library (also referred to as libtunepimp) is a development library geared towards developers who wish to create MusicBrainz enabled tagging applications.

Description

Kevin Kofler has reported a vulnerability where three stack variables are allocated with 255, 255 and 100 bytes respectively, yet 256 bytes are read into each. This could lead to buffer overflows.

Impact

Running an affected version of TunePimp could lead to the execution of arbitrary code by a remote attacker.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All tunepimp users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tunepimp-0.5."

4. References

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