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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201612-29">
+ <title>libmms: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in libmms might allow
+ remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libmms</product>
+ <announced>2016-12-11</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2016-12-11</revised>
+ <bug>507822</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/libmms" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.6.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libmms is a library for downloading (streaming) media files using the
+ mmst and mmsh protocols.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the get_answer function
+ within mmsh.c of libmms.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker might send a specially crafted MMS over HTTP (MMSH)
+ response, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the process.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libmms users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/libmms-0.6.4"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2892">CVE-2014-2892</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-27T10:19:34Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-11T23:47:07Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>