<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200608-24"> <title>AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows</title> <synopsis> AlsaPlayer is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">AlsaPlayer</product> <announced>2006-08-26</announced> <revised count="01">2006-08-26</revised> <bug>143402</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-sound/alsaplayer" auto="yes" arch="*"> <vulnerable range="le">0.99.76-r3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> AlsaPlayer is a heavily multithreaded PCM player that tries to utilize ALSA utilities and drivers. As of June 2004, the project is inactive. </p> </background> <description> <p> AlsaPlayer contains three buffer overflows: in the function that handles the HTTP connections, the GTK interface, and the CDDB querying mechanism. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> 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. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> AlsaPlayer has been masked in Portage pending the resolution of these issues. AlsaPlayer users are advised to uninstall the package until further notice: </p> <code> # emerge --ask --unmerge "media-sound/alsaplayer"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-4089">CVE-2006-4089</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-08-18T15:04:43Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-08-18T21:34:55Z"> hlieberman </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-08-18T21:40:51Z"> hlieberman </metadata> </glsa>