gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200605-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200605-01">
  <title>MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    MPlayer contains multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based
    buffer overflow.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mplayer mplayer-bin</product>
  <announced>May 01, 2006</announced>
  <revised>June 21, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>127969</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/mplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.20060415</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0_pre8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.20060415</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="media-video/mplayer-bin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.20060415</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0_pre8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.20060415</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    MPlayer is a media player that supports many multimedia file types.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a
    heap-based buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20060415&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1502">CVE-2006-1502</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:59:36 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:03:22 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:44:19 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
</glsa>