Security
Security
MPlayer contains multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
| Package | media-video/mplayer on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.0.20060415 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.0.20060415 >= 1.0_pre8 |
| Package | media-video/mplayer-bin on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.0.20060415 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.0.20060415 >= 1.0_pre8 |
MPlayer is a media player that supports many multimedia file types.
Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted multimedia file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20060415"
All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415"
Release date
May 01, 2006
Latest revision
June 21, 2006: 02
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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