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Davide Del Vecchio discovered a vulnerability mpg123, a popular (but non-free) MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player. A malicious MPEG layer 2/3 file could cause the header checks in mpg123 to fail, which could in turn allow arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the user running mpg123.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 564-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze October 13th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mpg123 Vulnerability : missing user input sanitising Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0805 License : non-free Davide Del Vecchio discovered a vulnerability mpg123, a popular (but non-free) MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player. A malicious MPEG layer 2/3 file could cause the header checks in mpg123 to fail, which could in turn allow arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the user running mpg123. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.59r-13woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.59r-16. We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 package. Upgrade Instructions -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 748 77cb64c82c3c07b3c418b4cdb3c7a54e Size/MD5 checksum: 24192aae8ca014d465adf9e714e5faef260d0 Size/MD5 checksum: 159028 95df59ad1651dd2346d49fafc83747e7 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 94482 9ad504920153d01a12d4c7c46e22e73f Size/MD5 checksum: 94472 2c10a1a915a181c03c814e47785aa695 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89640 90f1770883e8ead46b951325648ef4be Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 81516 bc22febb3dd0bc2967cd850b2827838c Size/MD5 checksum: 81468 4adec8c74c7132a38a1c304ea8ca66d2 Size/MD5 checksum: 83502 72463077c7c4238f7ed6e5e1ac5eaeaa Size/MD5 checksum: 81186 b4bc8699d4f58657033e0f79c87c652a Size/MD5 checksum: 87740 67f686c50d87051ebacc8a5840f11ca2 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 97336 5c32e4be18d105d6af3ce2f199d27419 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 75894 a65575a7b5bdf578b13d585036d8276a PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 88480 4e5d970a0a42cf9a9dd33b6590d33beb Size/MD5 checksum: 88406 7289b77111d94d2ed2362739939dd9eb Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 88650 9549821e52d23b808acd2702ba139ae0 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Debian has released a security bulletin for a remote code execution vulnerability in mpg123 due to inadequate input sanitization. Users must apply patches swiftly to mitigate risks.. mpg123, Code Execution, Debian Security Advisory, Remote Threat, User Input Issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 13, 2004
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