MPlayer: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Updated January 12, 2009

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200901-07 / mplayer
Release Date	January 12, 2009
Latest Revision	January 12, 2009: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/mplayer	< 1.0_rc2_p28058-r1	>= 1.0_rc2_p28058-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #231836, #239130, #251017

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in MPlayer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

2. Impact Information

Background

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in MPlayer:

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the str_read_packet() function in libavformat/psxstr.c when processing crafted STR files that interleave audio and video sectors (CVE-2008-3162).
Felipe Andres Manzano reported multiple integer underflows in the demux_real_fill_buffer() function in demux_real.c when processing crafted Real Media files that cause the stream_read() function to read or write arbitrary memory (CVE-2008-3827).
Tobias Klein reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_open_vqf() function in libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c when processing malformed TwinVQ files (CVE-2008-5616).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted STR, Real Media, or TwinVQ file to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

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_rc2_p28058-r1 "

4. References