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[GLSA-200408-01] MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow

Family:
Gentoo Local Security Checks
Category:
infos
Copyright:
(C) 2004 Michel Arboi
Summary:
MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow
Version:
$Revision: 1.1 $
Cve_id:
-
Bugtraq_id:
-
Xrefs:
GLSA:200408-01
Description:
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-01
(MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow)


The MPlayer GUI code contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, and
at least one in the TranslateFilename() function is exploitable.

Impact

By enticing a user to play a file with a carefully crafted filename an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
running MPlayer.

Workaround

To work around this issue, users can compile MPlayer without GUI support by
disabling the gtk USE flag. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the
latest available version of MPlayer.

References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10615/
http://www.open-security.org/advisories/5


Solution:
All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7"
# emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4-r7"


Risk Factor : Medium
Generiert am 27.04.2005 um 18:49:54 Uhr.