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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-16 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: MPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows |
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Date: March 10, 2008 |
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Bugs: #208566 |
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ID: 200803-16 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer, possibly |
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allowing for the remote 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_rc2_p25993 >= 1.0_rc2_p25993 |
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Description |
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The following errors have been discovered in MPlayer: |
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* Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco (Core Security Technologies) |
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reported an array indexing error in the file libmpdemux/demux_mov.c |
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when parsing MOV file headers (CVE-2008-0485). |
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* Damian Frizza and Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies) |
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reported a boundary error in the file libmpdemux/demux_audio.c when |
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parsing FLAC comments (CVE-2008-0486). |
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* Adam Bozanich (Mu Security) reported boundary errors in the |
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cddb_parse_matches_list() and cddb_query_parse() functions in the |
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file stream_cddb.c when parsing CDDB album titles (CVE-2008-0629) and |
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in the url_scape_string() function in the file stream/url.c when |
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parsing URLS (CVE-2008-0630). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, |
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possibly 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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========== |
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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_rc2_p25993" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-0485 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0485 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-0486 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0486 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2008-0629 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0629 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2008-0630 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0630 |
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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-200803-16.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 2008 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 |
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