[ GLSA 200504-19 ] MPlayer: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: MPlayer: Two heap overflow vulnerabilities (GLSA 200504-19)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: April 20, 2005
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #89277
ID: 200504-19

Synopsis


Two vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer which could lead to the
remote execution of arbitrary code.


Background


MPlayer is a media player capable of handling multiple multimedia file
formats.


Affected Packages

Package: media-video/mplayer
Vulnerable: < 1.0_pre6-r4
Unaffected: >= 1.0_pre6-r4
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Heap overflows have been found in the code handling RealMedia RTSP and
Microsoft Media Services streams over TCP (MMST).


Impact


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.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: