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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-22
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Severity: Normal
Title: mpg123: Playlist buffer overflow
Date: December 21, 2004
Bugs: #74692
ID: 200412-22
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Synopsis
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mpg123 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to
execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious playlist.
Background
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mpg123 is a MPEG Audio Player.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-sound/mpg123 < 0.59s-r8 >= 0.59s-r8
Description
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Bartlomiej Sieka discovered that mpg123 contains an unsafe strcat() to
an array in playlist.c. This code vulnerability may lead to a buffer
overflow.
Impact
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A remote attacker could craft a malicious playlist which, when used,
would result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the
user running mpg123.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All mpg123 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r8"
References
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[ 1 ] Original Advisory
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/mpg123.txt
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-1284
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1284
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-22.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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