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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2011:089)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 54290

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed in mplayer :

FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted file that triggers an infinite loop. (CVE-2009-4636)

flicvideo.c in libavcodec 0.6 and earlier in FFmpeg, as used in MPlayer and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted flic file, related to an arbitrary offset dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2010-3429)

libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c in the Vorbis decoder in FFmpeg 0.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .ogg file, related to the vorbis_floor0_decode function. (CVE-2010-4704)

Fix heap corruption crashes (CVE-2011-0722)

Fix invalid reads in VC-1 decoding (CVE-2011-0723)

And several additional vulnerabilities originally discovered by Google Chrome developers were also fixed with this advisory.

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 54290

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-089.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/17/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mencoder, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mplayer-gui, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4636, CVE-2010-3429, CVE-2010-4704, CVE-2011-0722, CVE-2011-0723

BID: 36465, 43546, 46294, 47149, 47151

CWE: 94

MDVSA: 2011:089