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GLSA-200607-11 : TunePimp: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22119

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200607-11 (TunePimp: Buffer overflow)

 Kevin Kofler has reported a vulnerability where three stack variables are allocated with 255, 255 and 100 bytes respectively, yet 256 bytes are read into each. This could lead to buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 Running an affected version of TunePimp could lead to the execution of arbitrary code by a remote attacker.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All tunepimp users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/tunepimp-0.5.'

See Also

https://tickets.metabrainz.org/ticket/1764

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200607-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22119

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200607-11.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/29/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tunepimp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3600

GLSA: 200607-11