GLSA-200811-03 : FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

NASLDB: GLSA-200811-03 : FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

General

ID: 34734
Name: GLSA-200811-03 : FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200811-03
(FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

The ICST-ERCIS (Peking University) reported a heap-based buffer
overflow in the decodeMP4file() function in frontend/main.c.

Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
MPEG-4 (MP4) file in an application using FAAD2, possibly leading to
the execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2008-4201
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2008/11/09
Plugin Release: 2008/11/11

Plugin

Version: 1.9
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-200811-03.nasl
Filesize: 3281 bytes
MD5 Hash: c8194f0cf5ec588ed617554ac42c8879

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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