flac123: Buffer overflow

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200709-06 / flac123
Release Date	September 14, 2007
Latest Revision	September 14, 2007: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-sound/flac123	< 0.0.11	>= 0.0.11	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #186220

Synopsis

flac123 is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability, which could allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

flac123 is a command-line application for playing FLAC audio files.

Description

A possible buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the local__vcentry_parse_value() function in vorbiscomment.c.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted audio file, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All flac123 users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/flac123-0.0.11"

4. References

CVE-2007-3507

Page updated September 14, 2007

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