Gentoo: GLSA-202308-15 Normal: libquicktime Stack Overflow Exploit
gentoo
September 16, 2004
mpg123 decoding routines contain a buffer overflow bug that might lead to arbitrary code execution.
Summary
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-20
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: September 16, 2004
Bugs: #63079
ID: 200409-20
Synopsis
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mpg123 decoding routines contain a buffer overflow bug that might lead
to arbitrary code execution.
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-r3 >= 0.59s-r4
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mpg123 contains a buffer overflow in the code that handles layer2
decoding of media files.
Impact
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An attacker can possibly exploit this bug with a specially-crafted mp3
or mp2 file to execu...Read the Full Advisory
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