Gentoo: GLSA 201805-05 High Risk of Code Execution in mpv Software
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May 14, 2018
A vulnerability has been found in mpv that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in mpv with the handling of HTML documents containing VIDEO elements. Additionally, mpv accepts arbitrary URLs in a src attribute without a protocol whitelist in player/lua/ytdl_hook.lua.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All mpv users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mpv-0.27.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-6360 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6360
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05
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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: High
Title: mpv: Remote code execution
Date: May 14, 2018
Bugs: #646886
ID: 201805-05
Topics Covered
Background
Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/mpv < 0.27.2 >= 0.27.2
Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing the user to visit a specially crafted
web site, could execute arbitrary code.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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