CVE-2009-0490 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253493 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-22String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()22-Buffer-Overflow-td2139537.html http://osvdb.org/51070 http://secunia.com/advisories/33356 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33090 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0008 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7634