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mplayer -- vulnerability in STR files processor

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following packages are affected: mplayer mplayer-esound mplayer-gtk mplayer-gtk-esound mplayer-gtk2 mplayer-gtk2-esound CVE-2008-3162 Stack-based buffer overflow in the str_read_packet function in libavformat/psxstr.c in FFmpeg before r13993 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted STR file that interleaves audio and video sectors.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://secunia.com/advisories/30994 https://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/issue311 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/5ccb1c14-e357-11dd-a765-0030843d3802.html

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