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[ GLSA 200405-24 ] MPlayer, xine-lib: vulnerabilities in RTSP stream handling
From: Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 19:24:55 +0200
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: MPlayer, xine-lib: vulnerabilities in RTSP stream handling Date: May 28, 2004 Bugs: #49387 ID: 200405-24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities, including remotely exploitable buffer overflows, have been found in code common to MPlayer and the xine library. Background ========== MPlayer is a movie player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats. xine-lib is a multimedia player library used by several graphical user interfaces, including xine-ui. They both use the same code to handle Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) streams from RealNetworks servers. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/mplayer < 1.0_pre4 >= 1.0_pre4 <= 0.92-r1 2 media-libs/xine-lib < 1_rc4 >= 1_rc4 <= 0.9.13-r3 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in the RTSP handling code common to recent versions of these two packages. These vulnerabilities include several remotely exploitable buffer overflows. Impact ====== A remote attacker, posing as a RTSP stream server, can execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user of the software playing the stream (MPlayer or any player using xine-lib). Another attacker may entice a user to use a maliciously crafted URL or playlist to achieve the same results. Workaround ========== For MPlayer, there is no known workaround at this time. For xine-lib, you can delete the xineplug_inp_rtsp.so file. Resolution ========== All users should upgrade to non-vulnerable versions of MPlayer and xine-lib: # emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4" # emerge ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4" # emerge -pv ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc4" # emerge ">=media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc4" References ========== [ 1 ] Xine security advisory http://xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-3 [ 2 ] CAN-2004-0433 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0433 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-24.xml Concerns? ========= 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 () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, 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/1.0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAt3XnvcL1obalX08RAh2gAJ9ySSipEhhDmj6aBHaMIrGCvhal5QCfft/d 4esLZpJjqX0f+8HpE4uzyi0= =jm1a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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