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GLSA-200702-11 : MPlayer: Buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 24731

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-200702-11 (MPlayer: Buffer overflow)

 When checking for matching asm rules in the asmrp.c code, the results are stored in a fixed-size array without boundary checks which may allow a buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 An attacker can entice a user to connect to a manipulated RTSP server resulting in a Denial of Service and possibly execution of arbitrary code.
 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_rc1-r2'

See Also

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200702-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24731

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200702-11.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 2/28/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6172

GLSA: 200702-11