Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2008:238 First vendor Publication 2008-12-04
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2008-12-04
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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

A buffer overflow was found by Russell O'Conner in the libsamplerate library versions prior to 0.1.4 that could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted audio file (CVE-2008-5008).

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:238

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 12

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for libsamplerate MDVSA-2008:238 (libsamplerate)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_238.nasl
2008-12-03 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-05 (libsamplerate)
File : nvt/glsa_200812_05.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49794 Secret Rabbit Code src/src_sinc.c Crafted Audio File Conversion Ratio Handlin...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-238.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200812-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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