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mpg123 Mpeg Layer-2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13779
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Release Date:
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2005-01-11
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Last Update:
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2007-05-03
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Popularity:
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11,990 views
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Critical:
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Highly 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: | mpg123 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0991
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Description:
Yuri D'Elia has reported a vulnerability in mpg123, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the parsing of frame headers for layer-2 streams. This may be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted MP2 or MP3 file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user executing mpg123.
This is related to:
SA12478
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.59r. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.65.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Yuri D'Elia
Changelog:
2007-05-03: Updated "Solution" and "Solution Status" sections to reflect fix information.
Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-14.xml
Other References:
SA12478:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12478/
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