CVE-2005-0087 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Disabling stack protection in the ALSA library facilitates arbitrary code execution if other vulnerabilities exist, requiring a patched library update.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not stated
Attackable
Not stated
Victim action needed
Not stated
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2005-0087?

CVE-2005-0087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 15 Feb 2005.

Official description

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0087?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (12)
alsa-lib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4
alsa-lib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.0.6-5.RHEL4

Products include Alsa-Project Alsa-Lib, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0087?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2005-0087 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0087 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0087, GHSA-6mvg-c283-q7q6, RHSA-2005:033.

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