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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200412-21 (MPlayer)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200412-21.

Insight

Insight

Multiple overflow vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer, potentially resulting in remote executing of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r5' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-21 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74473 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=168&type=vulnerabilities http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=167&type=vulnerabilities http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=166&type=vulnerabilities http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/mplayer.txt