Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0490: Audacity: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
9
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
02/09/2009
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted function in lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp in Audacity 1.2.6 and other versions before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .gro file containing a long string.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-sound-audacity
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