Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-24 (AlsaPlayer)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200608-24.
Solution
AlsaPlayer has been masked in Portage pending the resolution of these issues. AlsaPlayer users are advised to uninstall the package until further notice: # emerge --ask --unmerge 'media-sound/alsaplayer' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200608-24 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143402 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-4089
Insight
AlsaPlayer is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.