Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDKSA-2005:230)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20461

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Simon Kilvington discovered a vulnerability in FFmpeg libavcodec, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the 'avcodec_default_get_buffer()' function of 'utils.c' in libavcodec.
This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted 1x1 '.png' file containing a palette is read.

Mplayer is built with a private copy of ffmpeg containing this same code.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20461

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-230.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:mandriva:linux:lib64postproc0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64postproc0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libdha1.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpostproc0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpostproc0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mencoder, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer-gui, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4048

MDKSA: 2005:230

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