Details
Kevin Kofler discovered several buffer overflows in the tag parser. By
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted tagged multimedia
file (such as .ogg or .mp3 music) with an application that uses
libtunepimp, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with
the user's privileges.
This particularly affects the KDE applications 'Amarok' and 'Juk'.
Kevin Kofler discovered several buffer overflows in the tag parser. By
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted tagged multimedia
file (such as .ogg or .mp3 music) with an application that uses
libtunepimp, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with
the user's privileges.
This particularly affects the KDE applications 'Amarok' and 'Juk'.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.06 dapper | libtunepimp2c2a – 0.3.0-9.1ubuntu3.1 | ||
| 5.10 breezy | libtunepimp2c2 – 0.3.0-2ubuntu7.1 | ||
| 5.04 hoary | libtunepimp2 – 0.3.0-2ubuntu5.1 | ||
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