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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200608-24
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows
      Date: August 26, 2006
      Bugs: #143402
        ID: 200608-24

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Synopsis
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AlsaPlayer is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows which could lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

AlsaPlayer is a heavily multithreaded PCM player that tries to utilize
ALSA utilities and drivers. As of June 2004, the project is inactive.

Affected packages
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     Package                 /    Vulnerable    /           Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  media-sound/alsaplayer      <= 0.99.76-r3             Vulnerable!
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
           to another package if one is available or wait for the
           existing packages to be marked stable by their
           architecture maintainers.

Description
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AlsaPlayer contains three buffer overflows: in the function that
handles the HTTP connections, the GTK interface, and the CDDB querying
mechanism.

Impact
======

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.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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AlsaPlayer has been masked in Portage pending the resolution of these
issues. AlsaPlayer users are advised to uninstall the package until
further notice:

    # emerge --ask --unmerge "media-sound/alsaplayer"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-4089
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-4089

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-24.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5cheers