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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-15T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:40.876Z

Reserved: 2005-01-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0087

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2005-04-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2020-05-22T15:20:31.793

Link: CVE-2005-0087

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0087 - Bugzilla