Audacious: Multiple heap and buffer overflows

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200607-13 / audacious
Release Date	July 29, 2006
Latest Revision	July 29, 2006: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-sound/audacious	< 1.1.0	>= 1.1.0	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #139957

Synopsis

The adplug library included in Audacious is vulnerable to various overflows that could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

Audacious is a media player that has been forked from Beep Media Player.

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Audacious users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacious-1.1.0"

4. References

Updated July 29, 2006

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