CVE-2009-0490 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2009-0490
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA33356 OSVDB 51070 MLIST http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-%22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()%22-Buffer-Overflow-td2139537.html MILW0RM http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7634 CONFIRM http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493 BID 33090

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