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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200702-11
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: MPlayer: Buffer overflow
      Date: February 27, 2007
      Bugs: #159727
        ID: 200702-11

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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow was found in MPlayer's RTSP plugin that could lead to
a Denial of Service or arbitrary code execution.

Background
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MPlayer is a media player capable of playing multiple media formats.

Affected packages
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     Package              /   Vulnerable   /                Unaffected
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  1  media-video/mplayer     < 1.0_rc1-r2                >= 1.0_rc1-r2

Description
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When checking for matching asm rules in the asmrp.c code, the results
are stored in a fixed-size array without boundary checks which may
allow a buffer overflow.

Impact
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An attacker can entice a user to connect to a manipulated RTSP server
resulting in a Denial of Service and possibly execution of arbitrary
code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc1-r2"

References
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  [ 1 ] Original Advisory
        http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14
  [ 2 ] CVE-2006-6172
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6172

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

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200702-11

Concerns?
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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
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2007 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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/