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Gentoo: GLSA-200901-07 Normal: MPlayer Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 12, 2009
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Several security flaws in VLC media player can enable attackers to run unauthorized code or cause a Denial of Service.
Multiple vulnerabilities in MPlayer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200901-07:02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MPlayer: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: January 12, 2009 Updated: January 12, 2009 Bugs: #231836, #239130, #251017 ID: 200901-07:02

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in MPlayer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background ========= MPlayer is a media player including support for a wide range of audio and video formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mplayer < 1.0_rc2_p28058-r1 >= 1.0_rc2_p28058-r1
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in MPlayer:
* A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the...

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