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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200702-11 ] MPlayer: Buffer overflow
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:48:06
Message-Id: 20070227152048.GC931@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200702-11
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: MPlayer: Buffer overflow
9 Date: February 27, 2007
10 Bugs: #159727
11 ID: 200702-11
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow was found in MPlayer's RTSP plugin that could lead to
19 a Denial of Service or arbitrary code execution.
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21 Background
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24 MPlayer is a media player capable of playing multiple media formats.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0_rc1-r2 >= 1.0_rc1-r2
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34 Description
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37 When checking for matching asm rules in the asmrp.c code, the results
38 are stored in a fixed-size array without boundary checks which may
39 allow a buffer overflow.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker can entice a user to connect to a manipulated RTSP server
45 resulting in a Denial of Service and possibly execution of arbitrary
46 code.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc1-r2"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] Original Advisory
65 http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2006-6172
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6172
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-11.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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