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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1074-1 (mpg123)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to mpg123 announced via advisory DSA 1074-1. A. Alejandro Hernández discovered a vulnerability in mpg123, a command-line player for MPEG audio files. Insufficient validation of MPEG 2.0 layer 3 files results in several buffer overflows.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.59r-20sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.59r-22. We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 packages. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201074-1

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