Summary
The remote host is missing an update to alsaplayer announced via advisory DSA 1538-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201538-1
Insight
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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-5301 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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