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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-20 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerability |
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Date: September 16, 2004 |
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Bugs: #63079 |
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ID: 200409-20 |
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Synopsis |
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mpg123 decoding routines contain a buffer overflow bug that might lead |
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to arbitrary code execution. |
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Background |
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mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-sound/mpg123 <= 0.59s-r3 >= 0.59s-r4 |
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Description |
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mpg123 contains a buffer overflow in the code that handles layer2 |
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decoding of media files. |
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Impact |
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An attacker can possibly exploit this bug with a specially-crafted mp3 |
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or mp2 file to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user |
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running mpg123. |
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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 mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4" |
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# emerge ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] BugTraq Announcement |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/374433/2004-09-05/2004-09-11/0 |
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[ 2 ] CAN-2004-0805 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0805 |
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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-200409-20.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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