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Debian 3.0: DSA 578-1 Critical: Mpg123 Buffer Overflow Exploit

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2004
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA 579-2 addresses a critical vulnerability in libxml2, which may lead to unauthorized access via crafted XML data.
Carlos Barros has discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP authentication routine of mpg123, a popular (but non-free) MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player.

Summary

Carlos Barros has discovered a buffer overflow in the HTTP
authentication routine of mpg123, a popular (but non-free) MPEG layer
1/2/3 audio player. If a user opened a malicious playlist or URL, an
attacker might execute arbitrary code with the rights of the calling
user.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.59r-13woody4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.59r-17.

We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 package.


Upgrade Instructions
--------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Package: mpg123
CVE ID: CAN-2004-0982

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