Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Grip CDDB Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3200 CVE ID : CVE-2005-0706
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-11-20
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in "discdb.c" for grip, which could be exploited to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
