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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow |
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Date: August 01, 2004 |
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Bugs: #55456 |
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ID: 200408-01 |
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Synopsis |
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When compiled with GUI support MPlayer is vulnerable to a remotely |
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exploitable buffer overflow attack. |
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Background |
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MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file |
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formats. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0_pre4-r7 >= 1.0_pre4-r7 |
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Description |
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The MPlayer GUI code contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, |
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and at least one in the TranslateFilename() function is exploitable. |
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Impact |
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By enticing a user to play a file with a carefully crafted filename an |
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attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user |
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running MPlayer. |
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Workaround |
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To work around this issue, users can compile MPlayer without GUI |
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support by disabling the gtk USE flag. All users are encouraged to |
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upgrade to the latest available version of MPlayer. |
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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 -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7" |
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# emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Bugtraq Announcement |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10615/ |
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[ 2 ] Open-Security Announcement |
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http://www.open-security.org/advisories/5 |
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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-200408-01.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 2004 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/1.0 |
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