GLSA 200408-01: MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow
Date:	08/01/2004
Bugs:	#55456
ID:	200408-01

Synopsis

When compiled with GUI support MPlayer is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow attack.

Background

MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/mplayer	< 1.0_pre4-r7	>= 1.0_pre4-r7	All supported architectures

Description

The MPlayer GUI code contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, and at least one in the TranslateFilename() function is exploitable.

Impact

By enticing a user to play a file with a carefully crafted filename an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running MPlayer.

Workaround

To work around this issue, users can compile MPlayer without GUI support by disabling the gtk USE flag. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of MPlayer.

Resolution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7"
    # emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.