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TITLE:
Audacity "String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()" Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33356

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33356/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Audacity 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12965/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Audacity, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"String_parse::get_nonspace_quoted()" function in
lib-src/allegro/strparse.cpp. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into importing a
specially crafted *.gro file.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2.6. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not import untrusted *.gro files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Houssamix

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7634

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