Gentoo: GLSA-201805-05: mpv: Remote code execution
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.
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
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.
Background
Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/mpv < 0.27.2 >= 0.27.2
Impact
===== 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.