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GLSA-200605-01 : MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21316

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-200605-01 (MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow)

 Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 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.
 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-1.0.20060415' All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200605-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21316

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200605-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/3/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1502

GLSA: 200605-01