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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-17
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          PACKAGE : mpg123
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : 2003-09-30 14:32 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
     GENTOO BUG # : 26787
              CVE : CAN-2003-0577

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DESCRIPTION

mpg123 contains a heap based buffer overflow that would allow an remote
attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.

SOLUTION

it is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
media-sound/mpg123 upgrade to a fixed version.

make sure that the version to be installed is either one of 
0.59r-r3 (stable) or 0.59s-r1 (masked).

emerge sync
emerge mpg123 -p
emerge mpg123
emerge clean

Gentoo: mpg123 Buffer overflow vulnerability

mpg123 contains a heap based buffer overflow that would allow an remoteattacker to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.

Summary


GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-17
     GENTOO BUG # : 26787


DESCRIPTION

mpg123 contains a heap based buffer overflow that would allow an remote
attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.

SOLUTION

it is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
media-sound/mpg123 upgrade to a fixed version.

make sure that the version to be installed is either one of 
0.59r-r3 (stable) or 0.59s-r1 (masked).

emerge sync
emerge mpg123 -p
emerge mpg123
emerge clean


Resolution

References

Availability

Concerns

Severity
PACKAGE : mpg123
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-09-30 14:32 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
CVE : CAN-2003-0577

Synopsis

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Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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