Nessus Plugin #17330

Plugin Index

Note: This file has been created from a downloaded version of the Nessus Plugins from http://www.nessus.org/. Therefore, the information here can be outdated.

[GLSA-200503-18] Ringtone Tools: Buffer overflow vulnerability

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Ringtone Tools: Buffer overflow vulnerability

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-1292

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200503-18

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-18
(Ringtone Tools: Buffer overflow vulnerability)


Qiao Zhang has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the
'parse_emelody' function in 'parse_emelody.c'.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a Ringtone Tools user to open a
specially crafted eMelody file, which would potentially lead to the
execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the
application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1292


Solution:
All Ringtone Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/ringtonetools-2.23"


Risk factor : Medium