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

high Nessus Plugin ID 18102

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-200504-19 (MPlayer: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities)

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.

Solution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre6-r4'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18102

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-19.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/21/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1195

GLSA: 200504-19

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