Alsaplayer PlaylistWindow.cpp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Alsaplayer. This affects an unknown part of the file PlaylistWindow.cpp. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4089. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alsaplayer (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file PlaylistWindow.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 08/09/2006 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is available at aluigi.altervista.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4089 since 08/10/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22286 (GLSA-200608-24 : AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (28367), Tenable (22286), SecurityFocus (BID 19450†), OSVDB (27884†) and Secunia (SA21422†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-31759 and VDB-84447. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22286
Nessus Name: GLSA-200608-24 : AlsaPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows
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OpenVAS ID: 57874
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-24 (AlsaPlayer)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: aluigi.altervista.org
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4089 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4089
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84446
X-Force: 28306
SecurityFocus: 19450 - AlsaPlayer Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21422
OSVDB: 27884 - AlsaPlayer PlaylistWindow.cpp GTK Playlist Multiple Function Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2006-3235

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 19:56
Updated: 01/17/2025 06:16
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:56 (62), 11/27/2018 10:45 (9), 08/03/2022 09:18 (4), 08/03/2022 09:19 (1), 01/17/2025 06:16 (19)
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