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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200412-22
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow
      Date: December 21, 2004
      Bugs: #74692
        ID: 200412-22

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

Background
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mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player.

Affected packages
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     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
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  1  media-sound/mpg123     < 0.59s-r8                     >= 0.59s-r8

Description
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r8"

References
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  [ 1 ] Original Advisory
        http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/mpg123.txt
  [ 2 ] CAN-2004-1284
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1284

Availability
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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?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0