MPlayer: Buffer overflow

MPlayer: Buffer overflow A buffer overflow was found in MPlayer's RTSP plugin that could lead to a Denial of Service or arbitrary code execution. MPlayer 2007-02-27 2007-02-27 159727 remote 1.0_rc1-r2 1.0_rc1-r2

MPlayer is a media player capable of playing multiple media formats.

When checking for matching asm rules in the asmrp.c code, the results are stored in a fixed-size array without boundary checks which may allow a buffer overflow.

An attacker can entice a user to connect to a manipulated RTSP server resulting in a Denial of Service and possibly execution of arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc1-r2"

Original Advisory CVE-2006-6172 falco daxomatic falco