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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:07:23 +0100
From: Thomas Biege <thomas@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: libcdaudio

Hello,
we need a CVE-ID for a buffer overflow in libcdaudio.
It is a remotely exploitable heap-based buffer overflow.

--- src/cddb.c
+++ src/cddb.c
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ cddb_read_disc_data(int cd_desc, struct disc_data
*outdata)
       free(file);

       while(!feof(cddb_data)) {
-       fgets(inbuffer, 512, cddb_data);
+       fgets(inbuffer, 256, cddb_data);
        cddb_process_line(inbuffer, data);
       }

-- 
Bye,
     Thomas
-- 
 Thomas Biege <thomas@...e.de>, SUSE LINUX, Security Support & Auditing
 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
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