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  Severity: Normal
     Title: MPlayer: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities
      Date: April 20, 2005
      Bugs: #89277
        ID: 200504-19

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Synopsis
=======
Two vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer which could lead to the
remote execution of arbitrary code.

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

Affected packages
================
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /    Vulnerable    /              Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  media-video/mplayer      < 1.0_pre6-r4             >= 1.0_pre6-r4

Description
==========
Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP and
Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP (MMST).

Impact
=====
By setting up a malicious server and enticing a user to use its
streaming data, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code
on the client computer with the permissions of the user running
MPlayer.

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-1.0_pre6-r4"

References
=========
  [ 1 ] MPlayer News: Real RTSP heap overflow
          [ 2 ] MPlayer News: MMST heap overflow
        
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-19

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/.

License
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Copyright 2005 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/2.0/

Gentoo: GLSA-200504-19: MPlayer: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities

Two vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MPlayer: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities Date: April 20, 2005 Bugs: #89277 ID: 200504-19

Synopsis ======= Two vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0_pre6-r4 >= 1.0_pre6-r4
========== Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP and Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP (MMST).
Impact ===== By setting up...

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