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GLSA-200405-24 : MPlayer, xine-lib: vulnerabilities in RTSP stream handling

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14510

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-200405-24 (MPlayer, xine-lib: vulnerabilities in RTSP stream handling)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in the RTSP handling code common to recent versions of these two packages. These vulnerabilities include several remotely exploitable buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, posing as a RTSP stream server, can execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user of the software playing the stream (MPlayer or any player using xine-lib). Another attacker may entice a user to use a maliciously crafted URL or playlist to achieve the same results.
 Workaround :

 For MPlayer, there is no known workaround at this time. For xine-lib, you can delete the xineplug_inp_rtsp.so file.

Solution

All users should upgrade to non-vulnerable versions of MPlayer and xine-lib:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4' # emerge '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4' # emerge -pv '>=media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc4' # emerge '>=media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc4'

See Also

http://xinehq.de

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200405-24

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14510

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200405-24.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0433

GLSA: 200405-24