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▸ GLSA 200503-21 Grip: CDDB response overflow this version unaffected normal remote 2005-03-17

Grip contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered by a large CDDB response, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Announced
2005-03-17
Revised
2005-03-17
Access
remote
Bugs
#84704
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-21

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
media-sound/grip*< 3.3.0>= 3.3.0

Background

Grip is a GTK+ based audio CD player/ripper.

Description

Joseph VanAndel has discovered a buffer overflow in Grip when processing large CDDB results.

Impact

A malicious CDDB server could cause Grip to crash by returning more then 16 matches, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

Disable automatic CDDB queries, but we highly encourage users to upgrade to 3.3.0.

Resolution

All Grip users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/grip-3.3.0"

References