[Full-Disclosure] [ GLSA 200412-21 ] MPlayer: Multiple overflows

From: Thierry Carrez (koon_at_gentoo.org)
Date: 12/20/04

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      Severity: Normal
         Title: MPlayer: Multiple overflows
          Date: December 20, 2004
          Bugs: #74473
            ID: 200412-21

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    Synopsis
    ========

    Multiple overflow vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer,
    potentially resulting in remote executing of arbitrary code.

    Background
    ==========

    MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file
    formats.

    Affected packages
    =================

        -------------------------------------------------------------------
         Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
      1 media-video/mplayer <= 1.0_pre5-r4 >= 1.0_pre5-r5

    Description
    ===========

    iDEFENSE, Ariel Berkman and the MPlayer development team found multiple
    vulnerabilities in MPlayer. These include potential heap overflows in
    Real RTSP and pnm streaming code, stack overflows in MMST streaming
    code and multiple buffer overflows in BMP demuxer and mp3lib code.

    Impact
    ======

    A remote attacker could craft a malicious file or design a malicious
    streaming server. Using MPlayer to view this file or connect to this
    server could trigger an overflow and execute attacker-controlled code.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There is no known workaround at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

        # emerge --sync
        # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r5"

    References
    ==========

      [ 1 ] iDEFENSE Advisory

    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=168&type=vulnerabilities
      [ 2 ] iDEFENSE Advisory

    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=167&type=vulnerabilities
      [ 3 ] iDEFENSE Advisory

    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=166&type=vulnerabilities
      [ 4 ] Ariel Berkman Advisory
            http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/mplayer.txt

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

      http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-21.xml

    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.

    License
    =======

    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

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