<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200605-01"> <title>MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> MPlayer contains multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">mplayer mplayer-bin</product> <announced>2006-05-01</announced> <revised count="02">2006-06-21</revised> <bug>127969</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-video/mplayer" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0.20060415</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">1.0_pre8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.20060415</vulnerable> </package> <package name="media-video/mplayer-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0.20060415</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">1.0_pre8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.20060415</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> MPlayer is a media player that supports many multimedia file types. </p> </background> <description> <p> Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted multimedia file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20060415"</code> <p> All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1502">CVE-2006-1502</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-04-09T10:59:36Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-04-23T01:03:22Z"> adir </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-04-30T14:44:19Z"> DerCorny </metadata> </glsa>