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| Secunia ID | |
| CVE-ID | |
| Release Date |
03 Mar 2009 |
| Last Change |
10 Mar 2009 |
| Criticality | |
| Solution Status |
Vendor Patch |
| Software |
Winamp 5.x |
| Where | |
| Impact |
System accessThis covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user. |
| Description |
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable libsndfile code. For more information: Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is confirmed in versions 5.541 and 5.55. Prior versions may also be affected. |
| Solution |
Update to version 5.551. |
| Reported by |
Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research |
| Original Advisory |