AlsaPlayer cddb_lookup() function buffer overflow
| alsaplayer-cddblookup-bo (28308) |  High Risk |
Description:
AlsaPlayer is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the cddb_lookup() function in input/ccda/cdda_engine.c. A remote attacker in control of a malicious CDDB server could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on a victim's system, if the victim is using the CDDA function for playing audio CDs.
Platforms Affected:
- AlsaPlayer, AlsaPlayer 0.99.76 and prior
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
Remedy:
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-24 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1179-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- AlsaPlayer Web site, AlsaPlayer at http://www.alsaplayer.org/.
- Luigi Auriemma Advisory 09 Aug 2006, Multiple buffer-overflows in AlsaPlayer 0.99.76 at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/alsapbof-adv.txt.
- BID-19450: AlsaPlayer Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4089: Multiple buffer overflows in Andy Lo-A-Foe AlsaPlayer 0.99.76 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), or have other unknown impact, via (1) a long Location field sent by a web server, which triggers an overflow in the reconnect function in reader/http/http.c; (2) a long URL sent by a web server when AlsaPlayer is seeking a media file for the playlist, which triggers overflows in new_list_item and CbUpdated in interface/gtk/PlaylistWindow.cpp; and (3) a long response sent by a CDDB server, which triggers an overflow in cddb_lookup in input/ccda/cdda_engine.c.
- DSA-1179: alsaplayer -- programming error
- GLSA-200608-24: AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows
- OSVDB ID: 27883: AlsaPlayer http.c reconnect() Function Location HTTP Header Overflow
- SA21422: AlsaPlayer Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SA21639: Gentoo alsaplayer Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2006:021: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3235: AlsaPlayer Multiple Response and URL Handling Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 09, 2006
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