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Gentoo: GLSA-201310-13 Important: MPlayer Arbitrary Code Threat

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A series of security flaws in VLC media player could potentially allow unauthorized code execution and cause service interruptions. Please ensure your software is up-to-date!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer and the bundled FFmpeg, the worst of which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer and the bundled FFmpeg. Please review the CVE identifiers and FFmpeg GLSA referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update arbitrary code Denial of Service media player Gentoo Linux MPlayer

Resolution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.1-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6718 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6718 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-4610 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4610 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-2062 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2062 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-3429 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3429 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-3625 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3625 [ 6 ] FFmpeg: Multiple Vulnerabilities https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-12

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-13
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Concerns

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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: MPlayer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 25, 2013
Bugs: #253649, #279342, #339037, #379297, #394809
ID: 201310-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update arbitrary code Denial of Service media player Gentoo Linux MPlayer

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer and the bundled FFmpeg, the worst of which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

MPlayer is a media player including support for a wide range of audio and video formats.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/mplayer < 1.1-r1 >= 1.1-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a crafted media file to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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