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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50509 |
Category: | Mandrake Local Security Checks |
Title: | Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:026 (mplayer) |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to mplayer announced via advisory MDKSA-2004:026. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability was found in MPlayer. A malicious host can craft a harmful HTTP header (Location:), and trick MPlayer into executing arbitrary code upon parsing that header. The updated packages contain a patch from the MPlayer development team to correct the problem. Affected versions: 10.0, 9.2 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2004:026 http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html Risk factor : High |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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