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mpg123 Negative Framesize Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7875
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Release Date:
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2003-01-15
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Last Update:
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2007-05-03
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Popularity:
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7,657 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: | mpg123 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0577
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported 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 size calculation of the framesize buffer when handling MP3 files with a bitrate of zero (0). This may result in allocation of a negative framesize, which causes a buffer overflow allowing execution of arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Solution:
Update to version 0.65.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Gobbles
Changelog:
2007-05-03: Updated "Solution" and "Solution Status" sections to reflect fix information.
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