National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0490
Original release date:02/10/2009
Last revised:02/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 33090
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 7634
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0008
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33356
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 51070
External Source: MLIST
Name: [audacity-devel] 20090110 Audacity "String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()" Buffer Overflow
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:004
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493