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<glsa id="200501-14">
  <title>mpg123: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code by way of specially
    crafted MP2 or MP3 files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">media-sound/mpg123</product>
  <announced>January 10, 2005</announced>
  <revised>January 10, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>76862</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-sound/mpg123" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.59s-r9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.59s-r9</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    mpg123 is a real-time MPEG audio player.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    mpg123 improperly parses frame headers in input streams.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By inducing a user to play a malicious file, an attacker may be
    able to exploit a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the
    permissions of the user running mpg123.
    </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 &quot;&gt;=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r9&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0991">CAN-2004-0991</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/374433">Bugtraq Announcement</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri,  7 Jan 2005 13:23:00 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat,  8 Jan 2005 19:52:22 +0000">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun,  9 Jan 2005 05:27:09 +0000">
    dmargoli
  </metadata>
</glsa>