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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202405-05
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: MPlayer: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: May 04, 2024
     Bugs: #870406
       ID: 202405-05

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer, the worst of
which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background
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MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file
formats.

Affected packages
=================

Package              Vulnerable    Unaffected
-------------------  ------------  ------------
media-video/mplayer  < 1.5         >= 1.5

Description
===========

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

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-38600
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38600
[ 2 ] CVE-2022-38850
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38850
[ 3 ] CVE-2022-38851
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38851
[ 4 ] CVE-2022-38853
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38853
[ 5 ] CVE-2022-38855
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38855
[ 6 ] CVE-2022-38856
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38856
[ 7 ] CVE-2022-38858
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38858
[ 8 ] CVE-2022-38860
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38860
[ 9 ] CVE-2022-38861
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38861
[ 10 ] CVE-2022-38862
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38862
[ 11 ] CVE-2022-38863
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38863
[ 12 ] CVE-2022-38864
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38864
[ 13 ] CVE-2022-38865
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38865
[ 14 ] CVE-2022-38866
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38866

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-05

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5