<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200608-14"> <title>DUMB: Heap buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> A heap-based buffer overflow in DUMB could result in the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">dumb</product> <announced>2006-08-08</announced> <revised count="01">2006-08-08</revised> <bug>142387</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-libs/dumb" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.9.3-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.3-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> DUMB (Dynamic Universal Music Bibliotheque) is an IT, XM, S3M and MOD player library. </p> </background> <description> <p> Luigi Auriemma found a heap-based buffer overflow in the it_read_envelope function which reads the envelope values for volume, pan and pitch of the instruments referenced in a ".it" (Impulse Tracker) file with a large number of nodes. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> By enticing a user to load a malicious ".it" (Impulse Tracker) file, an attacker may execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application that uses a vulnerable DUMB library. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All users of DUMB should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/dumb-0.9.3-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3668">CVE-2006-3668</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-08-05T16:58:21Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-08-05T17:55:25Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-08-08T09:58:20Z"> vorlon078 </metadata> </glsa>