AlsaPlayer Vorbis Input Plug-in OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:25969

Info

AlsaPlayer Vorbis Input Plug-in OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25969
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5301
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 08 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2008 12:28AM
Credit: Erik Sjölund is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.80 -rc2
Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.76
Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.71
Not Vulnerable: Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.80 -rc3

Discussion

AlsaPlayer Vorbis Input Plug-in OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

AlsaPlayer is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it to an insufficiently sized buffer.

Exploiting this issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of users running the affected application.

This issue affects versions prior to AlsaPlayer 0.99.80-rc3.

Exploit / POC

AlsaPlayer Vorbis Input Plug-in OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

AlsaPlayer Vorbis Input Plug-in OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in AlsaPlayer 0.99.80-rc3 and later.


Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.71

Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.76

Alsaplayer Alsaplayer 0.99.80 -rc2

References

AlsaPlayer Vorbis Input Plug-in OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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