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Debian DSA-1644-1 : mplayer - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 34340

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Felipe Andres Manzano discovered that mplayer, a multimedia player, is vulnerable to several integer overflows in the Real video stream demuxing code. These flaws could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (a crash) or potentially execution of arbitrary code by supplying a maliciously crafted video file.

Solution

Upgrade the mplayer packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0~rc1-12etch5.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=500683

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1644

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34340

File Name: debian_DSA-1644.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mplayer, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3827

CWE: 189

DSA: 1644