1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200504-19 / MPlayer |
| Release Date | April 20, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| media-video/mplayer | < 1.0_pre6-r4 | >= 1.0_pre6-r4 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #89277
Two vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats.
Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP and Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP (MMST).
By setting up a malicious server and enticing a user to use its streaming data, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code on the client computer with the permissions of the user running MPlayer.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre6-r4" |