Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Audacity: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200903-03 First vendor Publication 2009-03-06
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-03-06
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A boundary error in Audacity allows for the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor.

Description

Houssamix discovered a boundary error in the String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted() function in lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user into importing a specially crafted *.gro file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacity-1.3.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0490 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0490

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-03.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-03.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-723-1 (git-core)
File : nvt/ubuntu_723_1.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-03 (audacity)
File : nvt/glsa_200903_03.nasl
2009-03-02 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:055 (audacity)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_055.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : Audacity Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_audacity_bof_vuln_lin.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : Audacity Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_audacity_bof_vuln_win.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:004
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_004.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
51070 Audacity lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted() Fun...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_audacity-090212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_audacity-090212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-055.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200903-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_audacity-5997.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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