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From: Luke Macken <lewk@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200503-21 ] Grip: CDDB response overflow
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:46:28
Message-Id: 20050317174604.GA16551@tomservo.hsd1.ma.comcast.net
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Grip: CDDB response overflow
9 Date: March 17, 2005
10 Bugs: #84704
11 ID: 200503-21
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15 Synopsis
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18 Grip contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered by a large CDDB
19 response, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Grip is a GTK+ based audio CD player/ripper.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-sound/grip < 3.3.0 >= 3.3.0
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34 Description
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37 Joseph VanAndel has discovered a buffer overflow in Grip when
38 processing large CDDB results.
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40 Impact
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43 A malicious CDDB server could cause Grip to crash by returning more
44 then 16 matches, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code
45 with the privileges of the user running the application.
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47 Workaround
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50 Disable automatic CDDB queries, but we highly encourage users to
51 upgrade to 3.3.0.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Grip users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/grip-3.3.0"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0706
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0706
66 [ 2 ] Original Bug Report
67 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=3714&atid=103714&func=detail&aid=834724
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-21.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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