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Mandrake: Updated mpg123 packages fix Print E-mail
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Posted by Joseph Shakespeare   
Mandrake A vulnerability in mpg123's ability to parse frame headers in input streams could allow a malicious file to exploit a buffer overflow and execute arbitray code with the permissions of the user running mpg123.
 _______________________________________________________________________

                 Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package name:           mpg123
 Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2005:009
 Date:                   January 19th, 2005

 Affected versions:	 10.0, 10.1, Corporate Server 2.1,
			 Corporate Server 3.0
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability in mpg123's ability to parse frame headers in input
 streams could allow a malicious file to exploit a buffer overflow and
 execute arbitray code with the permissions of the user running mpg123.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to prevent these problems.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0991
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrakelinux 10.0:
 c6853d42d98e62393a7f819a2ffe3356  10.0/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.100mdk.i586.rpm
 a23d6bfb05fa6ac27067bc31428092eb  10.0/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
 4ee7ef6a8d53837780ed7f2b03839673  amd64/10.0/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.100mdk.amd64.rpm
 a23d6bfb05fa6ac27067bc31428092eb  amd64/10.0/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1:
 3f9c35756148f51b279631123545b75b  10.1/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.101mdk.i586.rpm
 4cf62de0ff365cd0e74c417f84b7730e  10.1/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.101mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
 ee70a13d4ccfcf5f8fbd9ed778186647  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 4cf62de0ff365cd0e74c417f84b7730e  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.101mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1:
 b68e025bfc40ff120c63d77bed97270b  corporate/2.1/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-21.3.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 437ddd9bda9615417690f737e9722990  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-21.3.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
 deb362353f3912ed0154847947c45543  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-21.3.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 437ddd9bda9615417690f737e9722990  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-21.3.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 3.0:
 2d5fd7533161e466ba3f3b1307be77d1  corporate/3.0/RPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 7aab2dce78c90489c8da66e715b61bf5  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/mpg123-0.59r-22.2.C30mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security.  You can obtain
 the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  
 
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