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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200408-01.xml b/glsa-200408-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26fe5c0d --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200408-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200408-01"> + <title>MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow</title> + <synopsis> + When compiled with GUI support MPlayer is vulnerable to a remotely + exploitable buffer overflow attack. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">MPlayer</product> + <announced>August 01, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>55456</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-video/mplayer" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0_pre4-r7</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0_pre4-r7</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file + formats. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The MPlayer GUI code contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, + and at least one in the TranslateFilename() function is exploitable. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By enticing a user to play a file with a carefully crafted filename an + attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user + running MPlayer. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + To work around this issue, users can compile MPlayer without GUI + support by disabling the gtk USE flag. All users are encouraged to + upgrade to the latest available version of MPlayer. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7" + # emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10615/">Bugtraq Announcement</uri> + <uri link="http://www.open-security.org/advisories/5">Open-Security Announcement</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0659">CVE-2004-0659</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |