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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1017-1] mpg123 security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

It was discovered that there was a remote denial of service vulnerability in the mpg123 audio library/player. This was caused by a heap-based buffer over-read in the 'convert_latin1' function.

Affected Software

Affected Software

mpg123 on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in mpg123 version 1.14.4-1+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your mpg123 packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)