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Gentoo GLSA-201502-01: Normal Severity On mpg123 Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2015
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The mpg123 audio player has a critical vulnerability allowing buffer overflow attacks, risking unauthorized code execution and data breaches. Immediate update to 1.30.1 is crucial
A vulnerability has been found in mpg123, which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

An issue has been found in mpg123 when decoding specifically crafted MP3 file, that causes a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo update buffer overflow arbitrary code execution mpg123 normal severity

Resolution

All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/mpg123-1.18.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9497 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9497

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-01
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: mpg123: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: February 06, 2015
Bugs: #500262
ID: 201502-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo update buffer overflow arbitrary code execution mpg123 normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in mpg123, which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

mpg123 is a realtime MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player for layers 1, 2 and 3.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/mpg123 < 1.18.1 >= 1.18.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MPEG file using mpg123, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.