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Severity: High Title: Remote buffer overflow in MPlayer Date: March 31, 2004 Bugs: #46246 ID: 200403-13
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Synopsis ========
MPlayer contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the HTTP parser that may allow attackers to run arbitrary code on a user's computer.
Background ==========
Quote from http://mplayerhq.hu
"MPlayer is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and non-x86 CPUs, see the documentation). It plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies, too."
Affected packages =================
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package/ Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- mplayer <= 0.92 >= 0.92-r1 mplayer <= mplayer-1.0_pre2 >= mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1 mplayer <= mplayer-1.0_pre3 >= mplayer-1.0_pre3-r3
Description ===========
A vulnerability exists in the MPlayer HTTP parser which may allow an attacker to craft a special HTTP header ("Location:") which will trick MPlayer into executing arbitrary code on the user's computer.
Impact ======
An attacker without privileges may exploit this vulnerability remotely, allowing arbitrary code to be executed in order to gain unauthorized access.
Workaround ==========
A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
Resolution ==========
MPlayer may be upgraded as follows:
x86 and sparc:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-0.92-r1" # emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-0.92-r1"
amd64:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1" # emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre2-r1"
ppc:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre3-r2" # emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre3-r2"
References ==========
[ 1 ] http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html
Concerns? =========
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.
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