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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200903-03">
+ <title>Audacity: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A boundary error in Audacity allows for the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">audacity</product>
+ <announced>2009-03-06</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-03-06</revised>
+ <bug>253493</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-sound/audacity" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.3.6</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Houssamix discovered a boundary error in the
+ String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted() function in
+ lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user into importing a specially
+ crafted *.gro file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or a
+ Denial of Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-sound/audacity-1.3.6"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0490">CVE-2009-0490</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-03-05T20:19:24Z">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-05T23:00:03Z">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-06T22:00:48Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>