metadata/glsa/glsa-200410-27.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200410-27">
  <title>mpg123: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been found in mpg123 which could lead
    to execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mpg123</product>
  <announced>October 27, 2004</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>68343</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-sound/mpg123" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.59s-r5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.59s-r5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the getauthfromURL() and http_open()
    functions have been reported by Carlos Barros. Additionally, the Gentoo
    Linux Sound Team fixed additional boundary checks which were found to
    be lacking.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By enticing a user to open a malicious playlist or URL or making use of
    a specially-crafted symlink, an attacker could possibly execute
    arbitrary code with the rights 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 --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r5&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.barrossecurity.com/advisories/mpg123_getauthfromurl_bof_advisory.txt">Security Advisory by Carlos Barros</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0982">CVE-2004-0982</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:04:17 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:06:55 +0000">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:02:34 +0000">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
</glsa>