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Debian DSA-1538-1 : alsaplayer - buffer overrun

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31808

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Erik Sjolund discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Ogg Vorbis input plugin of the alsaplayer audio playback application.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability through the opening of a maliciously crafted Vorbis file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the alsaplayer packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), the problem has been fixed in version 0.99.76-9+etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446034

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31808

File Name: debian_DSA-1538.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/11/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:alsaplayer, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5301

CWE: 119

DSA: 1538