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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-21 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: MPlayer: Two buffer overflows |
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Date: May 30, 2007 |
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Bugs: #168917 |
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ID: 200705-21 |
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Synopsis |
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Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer, each one could |
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lead to the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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MPlayer is a media player incuding support for a wide range of audio |
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and video formats. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0.20070321 >= 1.0.20070321 |
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Description |
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A buffer overflow has been reported in the DMO_VideoDecoder_Open() |
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function in file loader/dmo/DMO_VideoDecoder.c. Another buffer overflow |
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has been reported in the DS_VideoDecoder_Open() function in file |
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loader/dshow/DS_VideoDecoder.c. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted video |
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file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the user running MPlayer. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20070321" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-1246 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1246 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-1387 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1387 |
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[ 3 ] GLSA 200704-09 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-09.xml |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-21.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |