GLSA 200605-01: MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow
Date:	05/01/2006
Bugs:	#127969
ID:	200605-01

Synopsis

MPlayer contains multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Background

MPlayer is a media player that supports many multimedia file types.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/mplayer	< 1.0.20060415	>= 1.0.20060415	All supported architectures
media-video/mplayer-bin	< 1.0.20060415	>= 1.0.20060415	All supported architectures

Description

Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted multimedia file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20060415"

All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415"

References

CVE-2006-1502

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-01.xml

Concerns?

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