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TITLE:
grip CDDB Multiple Matches Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14441
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14441/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
grip 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/4769/
DESCRIPTION:
Joseph VanAndel has reported a vulnerability in grip, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling
of the CDDB protocol. This can be exploited by a malicious CDDB
server to cause a buffer overflow by returning more than 16 matches.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.1.2 and 3.2.0. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Disable automatic CDDB queries.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Joseph VanAndel
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=3714&atid=103714&func=detail&aid=834724
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