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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-14 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: libextractor: Two heap-based buffer overflows |
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Date: May 21, 2006 |
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Bugs: #133570 |
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ID: 200605-14 |
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Synopsis |
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libextractor is vulnerable to two heap overflow vulnerabilities which |
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could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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libextractor is a library used to extract metadata from arbitrary |
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files. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-libs/libextractor < 0.5.14 >= 0.5.14 |
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Description |
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Luigi Auriemma has found two heap-based buffer overflows in |
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libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier: one of them occurs in the |
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asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin, and the other occurs in the |
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parse_trak_atom function in the Qt plugin. |
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Impact |
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By enticing a user to open a malformed file using an application that |
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employs libextractor and its ASF or Qt plugins, an attacker could |
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execute arbitrary code in the context of the application running the |
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affected library. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.14" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-2458 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2458 |
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[ 2 ] Original advisory |
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http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/libextho-adv.txt |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |