Network Audio System: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201406-22

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Network Audio System, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

media-libs/nas on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.9.4
Unaffected versions >= 1.9.4

Background

Network Audio System is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Network Audio System. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Network Audio System users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/nas-1.9.4"
 

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

Release date
June 25, 2014

Latest revision
June 25, 2014: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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