MPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200707-07 / mplayer
Release Date	July 24, 2007
Latest Revision	October 12, 2007: 03
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/mplayer	< 1.0.20070622	>= 1.0.20070622, < 1.0	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #181097

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer, possibly allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

MPlayer is a media player incuding support for a wide range of audio and video formats.

Description

Stefan Cornelius and Reimar Doffinger of Secunia Research discovered several boundary errors in the functions cddb_query_parse(), cddb_parse_matches_list() and cddb_read_parse(), each allowing for a stack-based buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file with malicious CDDB entries, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running MPlayer.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20070622"

4. References

CVE-2007-2948

Page updated July 24, 2007

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