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[CLA-2003:760] Conectiva Security Announcement - mplayer



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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : mplayer
SUMMARY   : Remote buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE      : 2003-10-06 12:37:00
ID        : CLA-2003:760
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 9

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DESCRIPTION
 MPlayer is a multimedia player that supports several video and audio
 codecs.
 
 Hernán Otero found[2] a remote buffer overflow vulnerability[3] in a
 function which parses ASX streaming headers. An attacker can exploit
 this vulnerability to potentially execute arbitrary code with the
 privileges of the user who is running mplayer by using a specially
 crafted ASF file (which can be served remotely).
 
 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
 assigned the name CAN-2003-0835[3] to this issue.


SOLUTION
 All mplayer users should upgrade.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
 1.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/339330
 2.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/339193
 3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0835


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mplayer-0.92-28594U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mplayer-doc-0.92-28594U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mplayer-0.92-28594U90_1cl.src.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2003 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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