GLSA-200610-13 : Cheese Tracker: Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22928

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200610-13 (Cheese Tracker: Buffer Overflow)

Luigi Auriemma reported that the XM loader of Cheese Tracker contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the loader_XM::load_intrument_internal() function from loaders/loader_xm.cpp.
Impact :

An attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Cheese Tracker by enticing a user to load a crafted file with large amount of extra data.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cheese Tracker users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/cheesetracker-0.9.9-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200610-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22928

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200610-13.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 10/31/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cheesetracker, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3814

GLSA: 200610-13