GLSA 200410-27: mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities
Date:	10/27/2004
Bugs:	#68343
ID:	200410-27

Synopsis

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been found in mpg123 which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/mpg123	< 0.59s-r5	>= 0.59s-r5	All supported architectures

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the getauthfromURL() and http_open() functions have been reported by Carlos Barros. Additionally, the Gentoo Linux Sound Team fixed additional boundary checks which were found to be lacking.

Impact

By enticing a user to open a malicious playlist or URL or making use of a specially-crafted symlink, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights 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 --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-27.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.