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Debian Security Advisory DSA 435-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
February 6th, 2004                       Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : mpg123
Vulnerability  : heap overflow
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2003-0865

A vulnerability was discovered in mpg123, a command-line mp3 player,
whereby a response from a remote HTTP server could overflow a buffer
allocated on the heap, potentially permitting execution of arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking mpg123.  In order for
this vulnerability to be exploited, mpg321 would need to request an
mp3 stream from a malicious remote server via HTTP.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.59r-13woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.59r-15.

We recommend that you update your mpg123 package.

Upgrade Instructions
--------------------

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
--------------------------------

  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      751 00b260e09ff7da535decae426f5037f2
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    24001 8645e6c6fa79ae091b8256a09ed62458
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   159028 95df59ad1651dd2346d49fafc83747e7

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    94350 4dd31593ef35a4ca5d03f1883597c2f8
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    94364 c0bfa4f6d0f6a2b91d6e832c3c67d7a8

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    89532 3b03d184ea2f00ca92de0f61746a0ad2

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    81420 430221de6a0737423de173ab6bde90ac
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    81372 8c1cb572d4df9a7cadfac700c8ce3928
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    83398 16bc80bbdb9a8b22607732a4e34e3cc0
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    81068 40b3154b07a73a29dbe6c1e34d35837e
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    87620 9c2f45150fb77deb5c2ee21832902d7d

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    75782 b67dfbdd9a545250d9607a1c693217a8

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    88360 93c73447f1fd7892c52f6c5e23c8c804
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    88272 28fa561aa3ef272f616e45fb0ef684de

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    88580 8dc291ef3e16183d0831ac8d4cc2bc3f

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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Debian: mpg123 Debian: 'mpg123' heap overflow

February 6, 2004
A vulnerability was discovered in mpg123, a command-line mp3 player, whereby a response from a remote HTTP server could overflow a buffer allocated on the heap, potentially permitt...

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in mpg123, a command-line mp3 player,
whereby a response from a remote HTTP server could overflow a buffer
allocated on the heap, potentially permitting execution of arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking mpg123. In order for
this vulnerability to be exploited, mpg321 would need to request an
mp3 stream from a malicious remote server via HTTP.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.59r-13woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.59r-15.

We recommend that you update your mpg123 package.

Upgrade Instructions
--------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
--------------------------------

Source archives:


Size/MD5 checksum: 751 00b260e09ff7da535decae426f5037f2

Size/MD5 checksum: 24001 8645e6c6fa79ae091b8256a09ed62458

Size/MD5 checksum: 159028 95df59ad1651dd2346d49fafc83747e7

Alpha architecture:


Size/MD5 checksum: 94350 4dd31593ef35a4ca5d03f1883597c2f8

Size/MD5 checksum: 94364 c0bfa4f6d0f6a2b91d6e832c3c67d7a8

ARM architecture:


Size/MD5 checksum: 89532 3b03d184ea2f00ca92de0f61746a0ad2

Intel IA-32 architecture:


Size/MD5 checksum: 81420 430221de6a0737423de173ab6bde90ac

Size/MD5 checksum: 81372 8c1cb572d4df9a7cadfac700c8ce3928

Size/MD5 checksum: 83398 16bc80bbdb9a8b22607732a4e34e3cc0

Size/MD5 checksum: 81068 40b3154b07a73a29dbe6c1e34d35837e

Size/MD5 checksum: 87620 9c2f45150fb77deb5c2ee21832902d7d

Motorola 680x0 architecture:


Size/MD5 checksum: 75782 b67dfbdd9a545250d9607a1c693217a8

PowerPC architecture:


Size/MD5 checksum: 88360 93c73447f1fd7892c52f6c5e23c8c804

Size/MD5 checksum: 88272 28fa561aa3ef272f616e45fb0ef684de

Sun Sparc architecture:


Size/MD5 checksum: 88580 8dc291ef3e16183d0831ac8d4cc2bc3f

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.

Severity
Package : mpg123
Vulnerability : heap overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0865

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