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| <glsa id="200409-20"> |
| <title>mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title> |
| <synopsis> |
| mpg123 decoding routines contain a buffer overflow bug that might |
| lead to arbitrary code execution. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">mpg123</product> |
| <announced>September 16, 2004</announced> |
| <revised>September 16, 2004: 01</revised> |
| <bug>63079</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="media-sound/mpg123" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">0.59s-r4</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="le">0.59s-r3</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p> |
| mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player. |
| </p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p> |
| mpg123 contains a buffer overflow in the code that handles layer2 |
| decoding of media files. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p> |
| An attacker can possibly exploit this bug with a specially-crafted mp3 or mp2 file |
| to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mpg123. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p> |
| There is no known workaround at this time. |
| </p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p> |
| All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| </p> |
| <code> |
| # emerge sync |
| |
| # emerge -pv ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4" |
| # emerge ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4"</code> |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/374433/2004-09-05/2004-09-11/0">BugTraq Announcement</uri> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0805">CAN-2004-0805</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:37:49 +0000"> |
| jaervosz |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:59:24 +0000"> |
| jaervosz |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:43:15 +0000"> |
| koon |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |