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MPlayer CDDB Parsing Buffer Overflows
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24302
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Release Date:
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2007-06-06
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Popularity:
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18,501 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 Workaround
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| Software: | MPlayer 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2948
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Description:
Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in MPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A boundary error within the "cddb_query_parse()" function in stream/stream_cddb.c when parsing album titles can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into parsing malicious CDDB entries via overly long album titles.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
2) Boundary errors within the "cddb_parse_matches_list()" and "cddb_read_parse()" functions in stream/stream_cddb.c when parsing album and category titles can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows by tricking a user into parsing malicious CDDB entries with overly long album or category titles.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but may require that the user connects to a malicious server.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.0rc1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Apply patch:
http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk...=23287&r2=23470&diff_format=u
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research
2) Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research and Reimar Döffinger
Original Advisory:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-55/
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