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GLSA-200412-22 : mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16021

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200412-22 (mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow)

 Bartlomiej Sieka discovered that mpg123 contains an unsafe strcat() to an array in playlist.c. This code vulnerability may lead to a buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could craft a malicious playlist which, when used, would result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running mpg123.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r8'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?484e5d15

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200412-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16021

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200412-22.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 12/21/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mpg123, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1284

GLSA: 200412-22