GLSA 200409-20: mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerability

http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity:	normal
Title:	mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date:	09/16/2004
Bugs:	#63079
ID:	200409-20

Synopsis

mpg123 decoding routines contain a buffer overflow bug that might lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/mpg123	<= 0.59s-r3	>= 0.59s-r4	All supported architectures

Description

mpg123 contains a buffer overflow in the code that handles layer2 decoding of media files.

Impact

An attacker can possibly exploit this bug with a specially-crafted mp3 or mp2 file to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mpg123.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4"
    # emerge ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-20.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.