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Gentoo: GLSA 200805-22 Normal: MPlayer Integer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Buffer overflow vulnerability in VLC enables remote code execution. Immediate update advised to maintain system integrity on Ubuntu.
An integer overflow vulnerability in MPlayer may allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-22 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MPlayer: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: May 29, 2008 Bugs: #215006 ID: 200805-22

Synopsis ======= An integer overflow vulnerability in MPlayer may allow for the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= MPlayer is a media player including support for a wide range of audio and video formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0_rc2_p26753 >= 1.0_rc2_p26753
========== k`sOSe reported an integer overflow vulnerability in the sdpplin_parse() function in the file stream/realrtsp/sdpplin.c, which can be exploited to overw...

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security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution integer overflow normal severity MPlayer media player threat

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