INFORMATION BULLETIN

S-259: alsaplayer Vulnerability

[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1538-1]

April 9, 2008 21:00 GMT


PROBLEM:	There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Ogg Vorbis input plugin of the alsaplayer audio playback application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability through the opening of a maliciously-crafted Vorbis file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
PLATFORM:	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE:	Execute of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:	Upgrade to the appropriate version.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability through the opening of a maliciously-crafted Vorbis file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR:	6.4 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)

LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN:	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-259.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538
CVE:	CVE-2007-5301

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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1538-1 alsaplayer -- buffer overrun

Date Reported:

04 Apr 2008

Affected Packages:

alsaplayer

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 446034.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5301.

More information:

Erik Sjölund discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Ogg Vorbis input plugin of the alsaplayer audio playback application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability through the opening of a maliciously-crafted Vorbis file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), the problem has been fixed in version 0.99.76-9+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), the problem was fixed in version 0.99.80~rc4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your alsaplayer packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer_0.99.76-9+etch1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer_0.99.76-9+etch1.diff.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer-dev_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/libalsaplayer0_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-daemon_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-gtk_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-nas_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-jack_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-xosd_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-common_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-esd_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-oss_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/alsaplayer/alsaplayer-text_0.99.76-9+etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.


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