GLSA 200412-22: mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow
Date:	12/21/2004
Bugs:	#74692
ID:	200412-22

Synopsis

mpg123 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious playlist.

Background

mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/mpg123	< 0.59s-r8	>= 0.59s-r8	All supported architectures

Description

Bartlomiej Sieka discovered that mpg123 contains an unsafe strcat() to an array in playlist.c. This code vulnerability may lead to a buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could craft a malicious playlist which, when used, would result in the execution of 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-r8"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-22.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.