<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200709-06"> <title>flac123: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> flac123 is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability, which could allow for the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">flac123</product> <announced>2007-09-14</announced> <revised count="01">2007-09-14</revised> <bug>186220</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-sound/flac123" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.0.11</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.0.11</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> flac123 is a command-line application for playing FLAC audio files. </p> </background> <description> <p> A possible buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the local__vcentry_parse_value() function in vorbiscomment.c. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> 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. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All flac123 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/flac123-0.0.11"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3507">CVE-2007-3507</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-08-29T10:21:26Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-08-29T11:36:53Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-09-11T15:39:45Z"> vorlon </metadata> </glsa>