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MPlayer HTTP Location Header Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11259
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Release Date:
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2004-03-31
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Last Update:
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2004-04-10
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Popularity:
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9,835 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MPlayer 0.x
MPlayer 1.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
blexim has discovered a vulnerability in MPlayer, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
A boundary error within the "http_build_request()" HTTP header parsing function can be exploited via an overly long string in the "Location:" header. This causes a heap overflow and may allow execution of arbitrary code on the user's system.
Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into connecting to a malicious server.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* MPlayer 0.90pre series
* MPlayer 0.90rc series
* MPlayer 0.90
* MPlayer 0.91
* MPlayer 1.0pre1
* MPlayer 1.0pre2
* MPlayer 1.0pre3
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