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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200903-33">
+ <title>FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Multiple vulnerabilities in FFmpeg may lead to the remote execution of
+ arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ffmpeg gst-plugins-ffmpeg mplayer</product>
+ <announced>March 19, 2009</announced>
+ <revised>March 19, 2009: 01</revised>
+ <bug>231831</bug>
+ <bug>231834</bug>
+ <bug>245313</bug>
+ <bug>257217</bug>
+ <bug>257381</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-video/ffmpeg" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.4.9_p20090201</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.9_p20090201</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.10.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.10.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="media-video/mplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0_rc2_p28450</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0_rc2_p28450</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and
+ video. gst-plugins-ffmpeg is a FFmpeg based gstreamer plugin which
+ includes a vulnerable copy of FFmpeg code. Mplayer is a multimedia
+ player which also includes a vulnerable copy of the code.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Multiple vulnerabilities were found in FFmpeg:
+ </p>
+ <ul><li>astrange
+ reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the str_read_packet() in
+ libavformat/psxstr.c when processing .str files (CVE-2008-3162).</li>
+ <li>Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c
+ (CVE-2008-4866).</li>
+ <li>A buffer overflow in libavcodec/dca.c
+ (CVE-2008-4867).</li>
+ <li>An unspecified vulnerability in the
+ avcodec_close() function in libavcodec/utils.c (CVE-2008-4868).</li>
+ <li>Unspecified memory leaks (CVE-2008-4869).</li>
+ <li>Tobias Klein
+ repoerted a NULL pointer dereference due to an integer signedness error
+ in the fourxm_read_header() function in libavformat/4xm.c
+ (CVE-2009-0385).</li>
+ </ul>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
+ file, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All FFmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20090201&quot;</code>
+ <p>
+ All gst-plugins-ffmpeg users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.5&quot;</code>
+ <p>
+ All Mplayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p28450&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3162 ">CVE-2008-3162</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4866">CVE-2008-4866</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4867">CVE-2008-4867</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4868">CVE-2008-4868</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4869">CVE-2008-4869</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0385">CVE-2009-0385</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:30:59 +0000">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:05:30 +0000">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:05:39 +0000">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>