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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes libsamplerate Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes libsamplerate Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3326
CVE ID : CVE-2008-5008
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-12-03
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A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in Secret Rabbit Code (libsamplerate) when extreme low conversion ratios are used, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
media-libs/libsamplerate versions prior to 0.1.4
Solution
Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=media-libs/libsamplerate-0.1.4"
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3326
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-05.xml
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Russell O Connor.
ChangeLog
2008-12-03 : Initial release
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