[CLA-2005:910] Conectiva Security Announcement - mplayer

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : mplayer
SUMMARY   : Fixes for mplayer vulnerabilities
DATE      : 2005-01-05 08:59:00
ID        : CLA-2005:910
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 9, 10

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DESCRIPTION
 MPlayer[1] is a multimedia player that supports several video and
 audio codecs.
 
 iDEFENSE[2] found a buffer overflow vulnerability[3] due to an error
 in dynamically allocating memory and further investigation by mplayer
 team found more vulnerabilities. This announcement fixes these
 vulnerabilities.


SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all mplayer users upgrade to the latest
 packages.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://mplayerhq.hu/
 2.http://www.idefense.com/
 3.http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=166


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/mplayer-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/mplayer-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/mplayer-doc-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/mplayer-skins-1.0pre6-73507U10_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mplayer-0.92-28594U90_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mplayer-0.92-28594U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mplayer-doc-0.92-28594U90_2cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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