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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200605-01 ] MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 14:44:41
Message-Id: 200605011619.01012.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow
9 Date: May 01, 2006
10 Bugs: #127969
11 ID: 200605-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 MPlayer contains multiple integer overflows that may lead to a
19 heap-based buffer overflow.
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21 Background
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24 MPlayer is a media player that supports many multimedia file types.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0.20060415 >= 1.0.20060415
33 2 media-video/mplayer-bin < 1.0.20060415 >= 1.0.20060415
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35 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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38 Description
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41 Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a
42 heap-based buffer overflow.
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44 Impact
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47 An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted multimedia
48 file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
49 privileges of the user running the application.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20060415"
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64 All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
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66 # emerge --sync
67 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415"
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69 References
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72 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1502
73 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1502
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75 Availability
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78 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
79 the Gentoo Security Website:
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81 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-01.xml
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83 Concerns?
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86 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
87 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
88 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
89 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
90 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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92 License
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95 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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98 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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