<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201502-01"> <title>mpg123: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in mpg123, which could result in arbitrary code execution. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">mpg123</product> <announced>2015-02-06</announced> <revised count="1">2015-02-06</revised> <bug>500262</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-sound/mpg123" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.18.1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.18.1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>mpg123 is a realtime MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player for layers 1, 2 and 3. </p> </background> <description> <p>An issue has been found in mpg123 when decoding specifically crafted MP3 file, that causes a heap-based buffer overflow. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MPEG file using mpg123, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/mpg123-1.18.1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9497">CVE-2014-9497</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-06-10T00:30:07Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-02-06T14:40:46Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> </glsa>