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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201309-04">
  <title>Snack: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in Snack could result in execution of arbitrary
    code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">snack</product>
  <announced>September 11, 2013</announced>
  <revised>September 11, 2013: 1</revised>
  <bug>446822</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-tcltk/snack" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.10-r5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.10-r5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Snack is a sound toolkit for creating multi-platform audio applications
      with scripting languages.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The GetWavHeader() function in jkSoundFile.c does not have boundary
      checks when parsing format sub-chunks or unknown sub-chunks.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted WAV
      file with an application using Snack, possibly resulting in execution of
      arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Snack users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-tcltk/snack-2.2.10-r5"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6303">CVE-2012-6303</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:40:00 +0000">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:07:54 +0000">
    creffett
  </metadata>
</glsa>