gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201502-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201502-01">
  <title>mpg123: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in mpg123, which could result in
    arbitrary code execution.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mpg123</product>
  <announced>2015-02-06</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-02-06</revised>
  <bug>500262</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-sound/mpg123" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.18.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.18.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>mpg123 is a realtime MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player for layers 1, 2 and
      3.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An issue has been found in mpg123 when decoding specifically crafted MP3
      file, that causes a heap-based buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MPEG
      file using mpg123, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
      the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-sound/mpg123-1.18.1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9497">CVE-2014-9497</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-06-10T00:30:07Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-02-06T14:40:46Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
</glsa>